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Haiti Earthquake: Orphans, Crisis Mapping, and Tech Volunteers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. I'm going back to Haiti in the next few days and need help to give hands-on help to our kids and the townspeople.

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Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

Connection Cafe

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Author: Jordan Viator.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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Track progress]. Qgiv offers a mobile suite where you can not only send texts but also track the progress of your peer-to-peer campaign. Thanks to your fundraising tools and database, you can easily track your campaign progress. FishHawk Fellowship Church & Welcome Home HaitiHaiti Mission Trip.

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Do you want to change the world? Prove it.

Connection Cafe

Such is the call of a recent integrated marketing campaign launched by Mission of Hope, Haiti (MOH). For the past fifteen years, MOH Founders Brad and Vanessa Johnson have indeed been changing the world, dedicating their lives to save tens of thousands of children in poverty-stricken Haiti. The Integrated Campaign.

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

Tech Soup

For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. When they can give data in a report, when they can show a map that has detailed information, when they can show a photograph that produces evidence, it really changes the game for them.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili.

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Things We Like (February 2010)

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2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Mouse pointer track. Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog.

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