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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution. He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm working from Maputo, Mozambique on this U.S. Today I've been talking to humanitarian demining groups about our proposed mine detector. Last week in South Africa I was discussing adaptive technology for the blind and software for human rights groups. Memorial Day. Martus is continuing to grow and expand in its impact!

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Online BBC World Debate on Global Recession: A Developing World Emergency

Forum One

The five panelists will include Robert Zoellick, President of The World Bank Group, LuĂ­sa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Germany?s s Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, and activist Bob Geldof.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was interested enough in learning more to take off for a tour of facilities in Maputo the next afternoon, hosted by the Catholic Community of Saint'Egidio , a group well known for having helped broker the peace settlement in Mozambique more than a decade ago. One surprise: they aren't over-subscribed.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

But then you go overseas, and my experience, in Israel and Palestine and London and South Africa, Mozambique, people ask you, "What the heck are you doing over there? The other thing is that a lot of folks, I think when you're young it's like, oh yeah, you kind of hate the U.S., and you kind of go through your rebel phase.

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