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Eliminating Blinding Trachoma

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana.

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Kipp and Philip of the Social Development Network in east Africa

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I've just ended an exciting three week long Africa trip to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. One of the first areas was a budget tracking tools for Kenya, to make it easier for people to learn about budgeted amounts for their areas. There are so many exciting people and organizations to talk about!

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. Some of the tools needed to do this work are obvious: a camera, microphone, headphones, tripod, laptop, and maybe a light. At that time I made a blog and raised $2,000 using Chipin.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

org’s product team is constantly analyzing data, improving websites, and providing the right system and tools to their users. Over the last 12 years, the nonprofit has grown from a handful of climate activists to a global team of 160 climate leaders in 27 countries. With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

AFP Blog

How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "A group from Ghana has found a way to deploy cash donations more rapidly and more effectively directly to the front lines of the effort to contain Ebola in neighboring Sierra Leone.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A technology intervention is only a tool, a seed. People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India. And planting a seed in a dry desert is not going to yield an abundant harvest.

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Technology and the Environment

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The argument goes – nonprofits need up-to-date tools to do their work effectively. And as our tools get more and more functional, and slimmer and smaller, and, well, cooler , we’re more than happy to toss the old stuff in the trash. We leave that to China, Ghana, and other countries.