Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Although charities were forbidden, the Soviet system encouraged volunteering for causes deemed important for the communist cause. Many people, especially in the late 1970s and early 1980, when widespread belief in Soviet ideals had largely dissipated, were forced to "volunteer," working on collective farms for example.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. Metro4All has a single paid staff coordinator and lots of volunteers. There are no apps yet for U.S. Basically, its process is as follows.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time. It aims to connect dissidents in closed societies with legal, media, PR, and technology experts in open societies. Keyes also acknowledged that it's tough to match lots of random skills with an equally random list of needs.

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