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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Back to School in Brazil. They’re now to the point where each student has access to an individual computer workstation during classes. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Even in the U.S.,

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Back to School in Brazil. They’re now to the point where each student has access to an individual computer workstation during classes. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Even in the U.S.,

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

An important part of what we do at Salesforce.org is to convene those who can push the needle on improving the state of the world, and Davos was an ideal opportunity for us to engage inspiring speakers on pressing issues such as mental health, climate change, inequality, and global health. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. 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. Now, three hundred bucks a year doesn't sound like a lot of money, right?

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Philanthropy and policing

Candid

Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. My own experience with police reform. it was next to impossible in many other countries. Closing thoughts.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. It previously offered reduced cost Internet plans only to families with students who qualify for free or reduced-cost school lunches. She is now TechSoup Global's content curator. There are now 2.4

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Hopefully, it will give you a flavor of why this travel is worth it to me and Benetech! It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Met with the UN Foundation about a major grant they are giving us to bring Bookshare to India. Student privacy. And much more… Washington, D.C.

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