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ITWorks & SAP America: Connecting Young Adults To Bright Futures

TechImpact

It’s not just the building though. Upon arriving the students were greeted in the lobby and told about SAP’s Green (LEED certified) building, followed by a tour of the Data Center and Mission Control Center, where a team handles high priority customer trouble tickets. When they can meet the people, their lives change.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. The LIN mission is to foster a culture of philanthropy and social responsibility by providing support services to local nonprofits, skilled volunteers, and donors who are committed to building strong communities.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers. It's about three hundred dollars a year to send a kid to high school in this region of Brazil. We're trying to build something different, something much more innovative.

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Cybersecurity: What All Nonprofits Need to Know

The Modern Nonprofit

So, HTTPS and a green lock showing don’t alone prove that the website is legitimate, but a lack of HTTPS is a dead giveaway that inputting any sensitive information into this site is unsafe! Keep in mind, hackers can buy security certificates, too.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

The e-Waste Association of South Africa ( eWASA ) is building a network of e-waste recyclers and refurbishers in the country. Four countries in Latin America now have e-waste laws or rules: Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. There are no legal structures for electronics recycling in Africa yet. Latin America.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

all the green is WhatsApp. You can use it for community building too. And now WhatsApp is rolling out a payment feature in Brazil. It started only in Brazil. It’s because it’s a way to connect to their families back home. So do you see in this map, WhatsApp is a top social messaging app in the world.