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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the local context, Kenyan’s give an extremely high proportion of their earnings as donations (cc. Further, most Kenyans do not use credit cards, instead the majority of the population use mobile payments and cash. M-Changa strives to make it convenient for local NGOs to accept both mobile and card payments.

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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

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Prepare Your Organization for Any Disaster. Help prepare your organization for any type of disaster with our disaster planning and recovery guide. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition. How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief. Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Webinar Recap.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum. We even localized and mixed up our energizers and icebreakers. There is also an self-assessment exercise.

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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When those NGOs receive funding they usually know how to use the funds very efficiently and are able to grow. Those initial fundings rarely come from online donations, most are community-based initiatives, companies, and local government incentives. 14% donate in response to natural disasters. ? 72% are female, 28% are male.

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Update from CDI Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help

Tech Soup

Earlier this week , we told you about TechSoup partner CDI Chile 's plan to restore connectivity to Chilean NGOs. The CDI Mobile Telecentre is now on the road, connecting individuals to loved ones and connecting NGOs to resources helping them get back on their feet. The trip has been supported by the Canadian Embassy and UNESCO.

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Tips for Disaster Relief Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. Most times during a disaster, the survivors do not have power, so your blog isn’t for them, it is for the people on the outside who want to help them. You don’t have to create a nonprofit or NGO. They also set up a wiki. Tips from Dina 1.

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TechSoup at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Tech Soup

Bonus: See an overview of our Local Impact Map and see how you can get it for your nonprofit. Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. " Local Community Organizers Affinity Group. Lynn Van Housen.