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Operation Smile and #BitcoinTuesday

Top Nonprofits

Philanthropy for the global nonprofit, Operation Smile. And tell us a little bit about operation smile’s history and mission. We had humble beginnings 40 years ago in the Philippines and our founders Bill and Kathleen Magee. And so I got on a plane headed to the Philippines and they expected to see about 40 to 50 kids.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. For the past five years he worked customizing and integrating a single set of software systems that Benetech could use globally. His specialty: user testing.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

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. They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. Foreign Policy magazine's Predators for Peace Drones is a short history of humanitarian drones. How Are Drones Being Used for Good? In the U.S.,

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

We're ignorant and don't understand the history of these oppressions and how they undermine our work as activists, and as allies, and undermines our solidarity with each other. And because for centuries and centuries and centuries, men have written history, we don't even know about all of the women changemakers out there.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. It's a Microsoft-funded report by Christine Egger on the history of nonprofit technology assistance providers (NTAPs) like TechSoup, 501cTech , Idealware , Network for Good , NPower , NTEN , and Tech Impact.

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