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How Charities Get Tech Support in Uganda

Tech Soup

Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. My wife Florence and our four-month old son, Jotham, live in Mukono, Uganda near Lake Victoria.

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. .

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and. The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. Global Goods Partners Fair Trade Gift Store. Amnesty International Shop. promoting human rights. BeadforLife Store.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Mukono, Uganda. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Gulu, Uganda: Adobe Spark Digital Storytelling.

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Telling Your Story: NetSquared #Storymakers2017 Workshops for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Mukono, Uganda: Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Mukono, Uganda. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary. Mukono, Uganda.

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Are You Passionate about Technology and Social Good? Benetech Needs You!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. Our Benetech Labs is busy looking for the next tech social enterprises that could make similar global impact. As one of our partners from an LGBT group in Uganda noted last year, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”