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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

He later joined Kiva.org in San Francisco, a crowdfunding platform which has raised over $1 billion to entrepreneurs worldwide. 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. freespace], San Francisco. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Not in San Francisco? Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19! Not in San Francisco? Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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Celebrating TechSoup's Talented and Extraordinary Customer Service Team

Tech Soup

" Of her favorite charitable interests, she says simply, "Anything dealing with children pulls at my heart strings." " Outside of work, he enjoys playing soccer, disc golf, and going to live concerts, and he is really getting to like San Francisco. " His charitable interest is addressing homelessness.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) , only one in seven children who are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches receive summer meals. Caravan staff members were shocked by how many children are not accessing free summer meals — and realized they could do something about it. How Range Works.

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