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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

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These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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Blogging To Improve Cambodia's Environment

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She has been blogging about her work and life at Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia since January, 2004. She moved to Cambodia in April, 2000. How and why did you find yourself in Cambodia? My sister was working for an NGO as a volunteer agriculturist in Cambodia and encouraged me to take a job there. Mlup Baitong???s

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. VietNet-ICT’s vision is to narrow the digital divide by providing ICT access to poor people in Vietnam.

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New Online Learning Resource for NGOs - Building Electronic Communities

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Image from Internet Village Motoman project in Ratanakiri Village in Cambodia The above image is from the Ratanakiri Village project in Cambodia. The village is located in a remote region of Cambodia's northeast. There are no highways, no electricity, and villagers life a simple life. You can also request a CD-ROM version.

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Dung Powered Computer Labs?

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In isolated and rural areas of third world countries like Cambodia, where electricity and power lines are not available, not very reliable or expensive, alternative sources such as solar or battery power are employed. But now comes the possibility of running your computer and getting on the Internet using, well, poop.

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Floss Manuals and Open Source Video Editing Tools

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David Saski from Global Voices and who is running the Rising Voices project will also be at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in Phnom Penh next week. It reminded of the ngo in a box collection of open source video editing tools that I read about on the NTEN blog. I also found a manual for Kino , a video editing program that runs on Linux.

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More thoughts about Web 2.0 Adoption by Nonprofits

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Many organizations expressed the real difficulties of using technologies with constituents or in countries where the digital divide is very real and their constituents may be at risk of punishment by. My thoughts are still half-way around the world in Cambodia and, in the US, we don't have the added challenge of a slow Internet connection.

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