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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. Šta se može uraditi?

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. For example, Victoria Walker, an 11-year-old from California, designed Rode Dog , a clever app designed to stop texting and driving. or Code for Oakland ). Library Hackathons.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

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which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. Four Simple Online Fundraising Tactics Designed to Increase Giving : If you’re just starting out with online fundraising, then these four tactics are a great place to begin.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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It’s called the TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange and it is designed to address the problem of grantmakers’ reluctance to fund infrastructure improvements for charities. The tech support nonprofit, TechBridge in Georgia, has launched the first crowdfunding platform for nonprofit technology projects.

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Support Women Survivors of War with $27/month

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They enrolled in special job skills classes designed to meet the market needs of their community. T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. In small groups, the women learned basic business and marketing skills.

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