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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. And then there is Myrna in the Philippines, who escaped trafficking as a young girl and worked as a domestic helper. Even if it is for an hour each day, women will access the Web.

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The State of the Internet 2014

Tech Soup

The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. This is good news for those of us invested in digital inclusion: the Internet is slowly becoming more accessible for low income people, developing countries, small nonprofit organizations, and more. Big Picture: Everything Is Getting Cheaper.

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Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

She is currently a Kiva fellow serving a three-month tour in a rural section of the Philippines. Tags: digital learning resources collaboration nptech resource socialbrite. Sloane Berrent, a cause-based marketing consultant who works with nonprofits and social cause organizations. Subscribe to our blog updates: [link].

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. VietNet-ICT’s vision is to narrow the digital divide by providing ICT access to poor people in Vietnam.

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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

With geographic coordinates the features can be mapped and entered into Geographic Information Systems, or the coordinates can be embedded into media such as digital photographs via geotagging." This particular geocoding project identifies and records the location of specific aid activity at the subnational level.

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Big Data: A Natural Solution for Disaster Relief | SmartData Collective

AFP Blog

The UN commissioned the Digital Humanitarian Network to track the real-time effects of Typhoon Pablo in the Philippines. Google’s Superstorm Sandy Crisis Map tracked the course of last winter’s storm, with video footage, evacuation routes and emergency aid centers.

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Blogging To Improve Cambodia's Environment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Born in Roxas City, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in mass communications. She has been blogging about her work and life at Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia since January, 2004. She moved to Cambodia in April, 2000.