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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

The Sahel Desert in Burkina Faso (a desert that is both hot and humid). I'd like to open your eyes to the reality and dangers associated with coal power. This includes approximately 200 deaths of young children every year. The Sahara Desert in Egypt (the hottest desert on earth).

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. For example, when women have this kind of specific skill-set training, they are more likely to have less children, to keep the children they do have in school, to be able to provide access to medical care, and things like that. She had four children.