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How Charities Get Tech Support in Uganda

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Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people.

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A NetSquared Happy Holidays

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Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. The NetSquared Victoria team has been investigating tools for online collaboration. Newest NetSquared Groups.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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But did you know that our work is global? In collaboration with the TechSoup Global Network , our trusted partners give organizations worldwide access to the solutions they need. That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Kampala, Uganda. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Advancing the New Machine: A Recap from the Human Rights and Technology Conference

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Robert Kirkpatrick of the UN Global Pulse project spoke of the pervasiveness of mobile technology in the developing world, and how together with mobile carriers they form a sort of sensor networks that give " digital smoke signals. NGO capacity is still lacking, but they must learn to own technology.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. You use a process that on your website was described as the, "collaborative project planning process." The "collaborative project planning process" is a mouthful. It had been bombed.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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"To us, it's really about collaboration. Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. This was a collaboration among several organizations, A Single Drop, Crabgrass, ProNet Accra, and Women's Earth Alliance.