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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs. He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ).

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Grounded in the in-depth interviews and several ideation sessions, we proposed five new concepts to pivot V2I’s business model, which we jointly refined to two concepts. With these insights in mind, we turned to ideating and designing new potential business models with V2I to engage and deliver impact in a scalable, digital way.

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An App for Survivors: SafeNight Is Finalist in Anti-Trafficking Challenge

Tech Soup

Human trafficking survivors are better able to access the kinds of resources necessary to get safe and stable housing, social services, and economic empowerment. It’s a mobile service that allows individuals to support hotel placements for people urgently in need of safe shelter. The best part of what’s coming next for us?

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Caravan Studios for the Win: ReImagine: Opportunity Winner!

Tech Soup

Human trafficking survivors are better able to access the kinds of resources necessary to get safe and stable housing, social services, and economic empowerment. And then they asked us the question: would we be willing to consider chucking our proposals and going into the final round with together? We said yes. Images: Caravan Studios.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. Apps for Good "is an award-winning course where young people learn to create imaginative mobile apps that change their world."

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. Organizations are empowering youth to develop their own mobile apps to solve problems at their schools, in their communities, and to help the greater good. Apps Made by Youth.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. They believe that when grassroots women’s organizations provide vital services to their communities, women can build new skills, step up as leaders, and mobilize for rights-based policies.