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Foko Madagascar: It Takes A Village To Raise An Idea

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. FOKO was created after the TED Global conference: ???Africa The project was funded by Rising Voices , the outreach arm of Global Voices. s development.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

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It's been 12 years since our own Jim Lynch teamed up with Willie Cade at PC Refurbishers and Recyclers to start the very first International Computer Refurbishers Summit (ICRS). Getting the International Computer Refurbishers Summits Started. Million Ton Problem. ICRS Goes to Europe. spanhidden.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

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There are very few charities I've come across that are as wide-ranging in their tech-for-good work as our French TechSoup Global partner, Ateliers du Bocage (ADB). International. Clic Vert is a significant international environmental and ICT for development project that is not well known outside of France and Africa.