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6 Ways To Increase Mobile Giving In 2014

TechImpact

According to the DEC (disaster emergency committee) , a UK based coalition made up of 14 charities who band together in times of crisis, 6 million british pounds were raised via mobile donations after the Philippines was rocked by the typhoon that occurred earlier this year. Ensure donors can access donation screens quickly.

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Typhoon Haiyan: How to Help with Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

Relief organizations and first-responders are mobilizing to provide aid to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The Philippine Red Cross is on the ground providing relief to those in affected areas. Help Habitat for Humanity re-build the Philippines after Haiyan destroyed over 3,438 houses (as of November 10).

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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

12,000 specific geographic locations were coded in 42 Sub-Sahara African countries, 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Indonesia, and the Philippines (a selection of Africa-wide projects were also coded). It is also hoped that more donors will provide information and support the project in the future.

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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. We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

Sources: OECD; Hudson Institute's remittances calculations from DAC donors to DAC recipients based on data from the World Bank's Migration and Remittance Team's Bilateral Remittance Matrix , 2010; Hudson Institute, 2012. billion) and the Philippines ($10.1 OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (U.S. billion, a 4.2 percent increase from 2009.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010, Word, and PowerPoint are used to administer the school, educate students, and communicate with donors.

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Operation Smile and #BitcoinTuesday

Top Nonprofits

It runs parallel with #GivingTuesday every year to connect crypto friendly nonprofits with crypto donors and companies to help raise money for worthy causes before the end of the year during that crucial, fourth quarter. We had humble beginnings 40 years ago in the Philippines and our founders Bill and Kathleen Magee.