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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. Why is that? 2) How do M-Changa’s crowdfunding services fill that void?

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Tell Your Community's Story with NetSquared

Tech Soup

Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Vancouver, Canada: Small Changes for Big Results: How to Optimize Your Online Donations. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmaker-Mozilla Western Kenya Network. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event. Image : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. Storymakers Events.

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Get Email on Your Domain with Hands-On Office 365 Workshops

Tech Soup

The workshop will be completely free, thanks to Microsoft's donation of Office 365 and our team of dedicated NetSquared volunteers. Nakuru, Kenya , November 4 with Mary Antonina. Malaba, Kenya , November 5 with David Wanga. Nairobi, Kenya , November 6 with Chrispine Okumu. Does This Describe Your Organization?

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Joins Mozilla Maker Party 2016. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17.

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Learn from the Pros at a NetSquared Community Event

Tech Soup

Vancouver, Canada's NetSquared group is also focusing on fundraising this month with "How to Optimize Your Online Donations." Kakamega, Kenya: Kakamega Maker Party. Busia, Kenya: Maker Party Western Kenya. Vancouver, Canada: Small Changes for Big Results: How to Optimize Your Online Donations.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Image credit: Philanthropy and Social Media whitepaper]. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too.

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Get Fundraising Tips at a NetSquared Community Event

Tech Soup

Orlando's October event explores donation platforms for Giving Tuesday , and in Vancouver, the focus will be on creating effective matching donation campaigns. So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. Orlando, Florida: Donation Platforms for #GivingTuesday.