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Data Digest: African Students Using Open Data, Social Impact Bonds, Digital Smoke Signals, and the Data Dilemma

Tech Soup

There is also some interesting insight into the link between open development and social impact bonds, while the data dilemma is brought to the fore. There are also few incentives for citizens to create social enterprises that can support NGOs with service delivery and not enough openly available data on relevant solutions.

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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

12,000 specific geographic locations were coded in 42 Sub-Sahara African countries, 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Indonesia, and the Philippines (a selection of Africa-wide projects were also coded). This can have a significantly positive impact on efforts to improve accountability and aid effectiveness.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. This time I wanted to feature NGOs around the world that are making a humanitarian impact internationally across several countries.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

From @rootwork: Well, I think it’s about going where people/supporters/potential supporters are. People want to take action on things that they care about – whether it impacts them directly or not. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally. Support info is very important.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. Dara Westling.

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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

Achieve

She spent half of her senior year traveling the world again, backpacking through places like Indonesia, Thailand, and Southeast Asia. This model allows the individual to participate with Mallory as a partner and supporter rather than just give without knowing what happens in the end to the person who receives it. World Clothes Line.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. It's a Microsoft-funded report by Christine Egger on the history of nonprofit technology assistance providers (NTAPs) like TechSoup, 501cTech , Idealware , Network for Good , NPower , NTEN , and Tech Impact.

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