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Supporting Vulnerable Human Rights Defenders in the Congo

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Patrick Ball, Benetech's Chief Scientist and Vice President of our Human Rights Program, is spending much of this year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Patrick is working with a UN human rights project.

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Raising Hope for Congo

Forum One

The conflict in the Democratic Republic Congo has received scant attention from policymakers and the news media even as over 5.4 Fortunately, new organizations are now leading the charge to bring attention to the horrors being perpetrated in the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. million people have died in the past 10 years.

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Crowdsourcing Crisis Information: Tracking the Eastern Congo Conflict / Democratic Republic of Congo

Forum One

Via GlobalVoices , information about the ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some 1 million people have fled the province of North Kivu. Newsfeed here.). An interesting, and hopefully valuable, effort to mitigate the situation is the "Ushahidi" web site for reporting of incidents of violence and abuse.

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Télécoms Sans Frontières’ Works in the Congo

Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

At present, aid organizations such as UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, MSF, Oxfam, Save the Children or ACF are working to provide help to those who have lost everything after fleeing the fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Training Human Rights Defenders in the DRC

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have just completed two 2-day trainings of human rights NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During my visit, I also had an opportunity to meet staff members at the United Nations Mission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Tags: Tripathi Kinshasa Martus MONUC ICTJ Goma Congo DRC.

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The Mismeasure of War

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This claim is based in large part on the authors’ graphical representations of pre- and post-conflict mortality rates for a variety of countries, and on their critique of five surveys conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2000 and 2007. Quite the opposite.

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The Future Today: Empowering youth via social media

Amy Sample Ward

Habbo’s InfoBus re: curbing violence against gay teens; developing understanding via the Matthew Shepard Foundation visiting ‘in-world’ or the War Child Int’l foundation partnership to focus in-world on kids impacted by violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda etc.

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Nonprofit Leader Spotlight

Care2

Lisa was mobilized when she first learned of the millions in Congo that had died from a war that was so rarely mentioned in the U.S. Instead, her early involvement prompted her to organize more runs, beginning the grassroots movement Run for Congo Women. Still, this did not satiate the need to treat the disease of warfare.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gorilla Doctors provides life-saving medical care to mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Gorilla Doctors :: @ GorillaDoctors. Population Council :: @ Pop_Council.

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Activating Your YouTube Audience: Recording and links

NTEN

Come Clean for Congo. YouTube Nonprofit Resources: . YouTube Direct . YouTube Video Volunteers. How to use YouTube Annotation . Ramya on Twitter: @ramchopps. Examples from this session: Stillerstrong. Invisible Children. Choose a Different Ending . That's Not Cool. Other Nonprofit Video Resources: Lights, Camera, Help.

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Arts Activist Naomi Natale and The One Million Bones Project

Have Fun - Do Good

." - Naomi Natale, One Million Bones Naomi Natale is the founding artist behind One Million Bones , a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma.

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Activating Your YouTube Audience: Recording and links

NTEN

Come Clean for Congo. YouTube Nonprofit Resources: . YouTube Direct . YouTube Video Volunteers. How to use YouTube Annotation . Ramya on Twitter: @ramchopps. Examples from this session: Stillerstrong. Invisible Children. Choose a Different Ending . That's Not Cool. Other Nonprofit Video Resources: Lights, Camera, Help.

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Nature Conservancy Instagram Contest and Other Examples

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, a search for “ fallingwhistles ” (either in the Instagram app or on a 3rd party web viewer such as Statigram or Webstagram) user photos with the tag — typically featuring “whistleblowers” wearing the whistles sold by the nonprofit to raise funds for its campaign for peace in Congo .

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Though many of the countries we work in are talked about in the news (DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan), some aren’t as well-known (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Nigeria) and we often need to explain why operating in these countries is important.

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What is Your Favorite Social Action of 2008?

Have Fun - Do Good

Women for Women International supports women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan). She signed up to sponsor two women after seeing a 60 Minutes segment on rape in Congo , where Women for Women was featured.

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See techies from Télécoms Sans Frontières’ help out refugees in the DRC | Non-Profit Tech Blog

Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

Pipes (1) Internet Télécoms Sans Frontières’ Works in the Congo 12.15.08 | 3649 No Comments [link] T%C3%A9l%C3%A9coms+Sans+Fronti%C3%A8res%E2%80%99+Works+in+the+Congo 2008-12-16+00%3A57%3A38 Allan+Benamer It’s always nice to see techies doing front-line work. Check it out.

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YouTube Launches Video for Change

Care2

The first contest is "Come Clean 4 Congo" where Enough is asking the community to create a compelling video about the "conflict minerals" used in cell phones and the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo –- the deadliest war since World War II. YouTube plans to launch the Video for Change campaigns four times a year.

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Live The Questions Now

Global Giving

He kept probing and soon discovered a system of forced labor in the Belgian Congo that would become one of history’s notorious humanitarian crises. By focusing on the information that should’ve been there, but wasn’t, Morel exposed a dark truth that may have never been revealed to the public eye.

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13 Women Changing the World

Have Fun - Do Good

One Million Bones is a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (July 23, 2011) 12.

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Win a Trip to Report for the NYT with Nicholas Kristof

Have Fun - Do Good

Past winners traveled to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, and Congo. The winner will go on an international reporting trip with him to focus attention on the problems of global poverty, and its solutions. Possible destinations this year are Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia and/or Ghana.

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10NTC: Are Nonprofits the New International Correspondents?

Tech Soup Blog

Roger told us about his job as a writer for Mercy Corps , where he's traveled to places like the Congo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and most recently Haiti, writing about the man-made and natural disasters that have struck those places and the accompanying relief efforts.

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Ripples of Genocide podcast and online exhibit

Have Fun - Do Good

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum recently launched an online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through the Eastern Congo. The exhibit describes the devastation occurring in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Webinar: Winning the Story Wars

Care2

Justin has an MBA from the University of Colorado and has worked a variety of jobs ranging from organic farming, to starting a human rights nonprofit in Congo, to launching an artisan roasted-nut company in Colorado. He is passionate about helping nonprofits use a data-driven, efficient approach to online marketing.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An example was the opportunity to feature a video about the lack of treatment available for those living with HIV in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on YouTube’s homepage. Some questions we tackle with include: What happens when our content is taken out of context or context is simply ignored?

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How to Find Your Way to Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Keep a gratitude journal, or make monthly gratitude collages Participate in a fundraising walk for a cause I care about, like Women for Women International's Run for Congo Women. Join a read-a-thon, or blog-a-thon for a cause I care about (anyone know of one?).

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The Right Way to use Social Media for Fundraising: Wildlife Direct

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These blogs raised $350,000 to pay rangers salaries and help save mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park. Says Paula, “Two years later, have over 70 blogs , donations have risen 4 fold, as has website visitation.

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Pull Up a [Virtual] Chair for a Conversation on Health and Population Issues

Forum One

Combating Malaria: A First-Hand Account From Congo. Some past topics include: Caesarean Deliveries: Why Are They Key for Maternal Health in Developing Countries? Environmental Change: What Are the Links With Migration? Managing Unauthorized Migration. PRB is running these online conversations using Forum One's Live! Interviews Online service.

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Pull up a [virtual] chair for a conversation on health and population issues

Forum One

Combating Malaria: A First-Hand Account From Congo. Some past topics include: Caesarean Deliveries: Why Are They Key for Maternal Health in Developing Countries? Environmental Change: What Are the Links With Migration? Managing Unauthorized Migration. PRB is running these online conversations using Forum One's Live! Interviews Online service.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The head of our group, Patrick Ball, is spending most of this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with the United Nations on a range of human rights issues (of which the DRC has many). Men being trained to use Martus to enter testimonies.Our human rights team is active all over the world.

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Social Media: You're Probably Doing It Wrong

Care2

Justin has an MBA from the University of Colorado and has worked a variety of jobs ranging from organic farming, to starting a human rights nonprofit in Congo, to launching an artisan roasted-nut company in Colorado. He is passionate about helping nonprofits use a data-driven, efficient approach to online marketing.

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Online Fundraising Site: How To Create A High-Performing Fundraising Website

CauseVox

Source: Casa Congo, School for Conservation). In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Need some inspiration? Here’s a couple examples pulled from recent CauseVox campaigns. Source: Neverthirst, Workout For Water).

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

In Uganda, a group of young people made incredible, heartfelt postcards filled with glitter and cut up magazine pictures to send to women in the Congo. We have come a long way! Anyone with a desire to enact change, empower women and girls, and help battle oppression is invited to share their voice and join us.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

Have Fun - Do Good

A month ago I listened to Christine Karumba, the Country Director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell Honorata's story on the Voices on Genocide Prevention podcast. --Honorata (pictured left) about her experience with Women for Women International.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

Have Fun - Do Good

April 8 Watch the HBO special, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. April 6 Host a fundraiser house party for your favorite human rights organization with a viewing of Hotel Rwanda in memory of the Rwandan genocide's anniversary. April 9 Attend a protest along the Olympic Torch relay route in San Francisco.

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Webinar: Converting Prospects to Multichannel Gold

Care2

In addition to working a variety of jobs ranging from picking organic peas to writing a book on using military networks, Justin has a passion for international development and indigenous rights from studies in Brazil and South Africa where he helped start a human rights nonprofit for Pygmies in Congo.

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2009 NTC Preview: Roger Burks on Storytelling

NTEN

Roger shared a little of his philosophy, the basis of his session at the 2009 NTC , " Better Online Storytelling ", upon his return from a trip to the Congo. . Compelling messages that make the work of Mercy Corps seem more real than any list of figures. I couldn't agree more.

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Things We Like (November 2008)

NTEN

After you look at the sobering visualization of incidents in the Congo (DRC), you may need another dose of puppies. Economy got you down? You need the live puppy cam ! Ushahidi gathers crisis reports from mobile sources, then maps the data. Wired stakeholders. IBM's going to bring broadband to rural areas over power lines. NTEN Member Beth J.

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2007, WildlifeDirect had 7 blogs in the Democratic Republic of Congo written written about a specific animal by a conservation professional. That donors in an age of social media, will come to your organization with the expectation of being full partners in your work, not just an ATM machine to be tapped when cash is needed. .

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

The women that we are servicing in Congo, where, if they are lucky, they get $0.20 The women that we are servicing in Congo, where, if they are lucky, they get $0.20 We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. That's the story of Women for Women. Why would my mother betray me?

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's called Why Congo Matters. I think it is really cool that Tharum, a Cambodian Blogger, is mentoring a Danish blogger launching a climate change blog! Emily Troutman has just launched a new online art/journalism project with a social conscious. The Year That Changed the World from Michael Meyer was just published.

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