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Racing Through the Sahara for South African NGOs

Tech Soup

Picture the scene…our heroes with pain coursing through their bodies and sweat dripping down their brows as they head toward the finish line. TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser.

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Results of the African E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference

Tech Soup

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. To identify industry leaders in Africa willing to be early adopters of international standards. that featured the work of the e-Waste Association of South Africa (eWASA).

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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

Executive Director. I tried to picture a bench like this in a “Western” classroom. This research took me immediately to Sally Matthews, senior lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Dianna Schwartz , Public Allies Arizona Alumna. Military Assistance Project.

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8 Ways Nonprofits Can Help P2P Fundraisers Meet & Exceed Their Goals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That’s why we added in a general profile picture and some text around the organization’s impact beforehand, all in the voice of the fundraiser, so that the page is engaging even if it’s not updated by the individual fundraisers. If S/HE raises $3,000, S/HE could qualify for a trip to one of their programs in South Africa!

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

In the early 1920s, Dorothy Arzner was one of a handful of working female directors as the industry transitioned from silent films. When she wasn't busy mentoring Francis Ford Coppola, pioneering the invention of the boom mic, or accepting her star on the Walk of Fame , Arzner was also the first woman to join the Director's Guild of America.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea. Now what about painted a picture on a napkin in a restaurant?

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, I thought I’d back up the theory with a brief picture of what this kind of travel looks like in practice. Took pictures of the lunar eclipse next to the Empire State Building(!) In quick succession I met the medical director who oversees the doctors in the hospital, and then the hospital CEO, Dr. Sam Thenya.

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