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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

The first step in making change in your life, local community or world is to learn. You may have been part of the day of action by participating in an event in your local area. We’ve taken hundreds of local cafes and bound them together into a network that lets those who want water find those willing to provide it.

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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. TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

We connect the local with global resources.” They have teamed up with the American Islamic Congress and the FREE Syria Foundaiton to bring their “ Interrupters Program ” to over 130 Syrian volunteers working on the ground there. They place a specific focus on access to information, free speech and minority rights.