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U.S. companies support COVID-19 relief in Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Candid

The Global Task Force on Pandemic Response — a public-private partnership of major U.S. Chamber of Commerce with support from Business Roundtable — has announced commitments in support of COVID-19 pandemic relief and response efforts in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The situation on the ground in Indonesia is dire.

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Stick To Our Knitting? What Is TechSoup?

Tech Soup

This is what I wrote: "The specific and primary purpose of the corporation is to engage in educational and charitable activities which educate the public regarding the appropriate use of computer technology." Our network partner in Indonesia runs Kitabisa.com ("We can"), a Kickstarter-like crowdfunding platform.

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

Tech Soup

Data for Public Service Delivery. Confronting the Data Dilemma Elizabeth Good Christopherson, uses past examples of the use of data for public services in the US to highlight some of its constraints. They are building a network of Pulse Labs to this end, the first of which operates in Jakarta Indonesia.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” But he emphasized that Big Data has a role in public good, but we need a way to convert it into useful data. They recently launched lab in Indonesia and started to hear through social media chatter that vaccine serum had meat and that people should not get vaccines. Data has to be framed with this.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. According to Kyo Shimizu, KnK ‘s public relations officer, who also takes care of the computer network in the office. The organization has nine full-time staff.

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Telling Your Story: NetSquared #Storymakers2017 Workshops for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Designing Effective Public Engagement for Nonprofits. Jakarta, Indonesia: YouTube for Nonprofits. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Research Triangle, North Carolina: The Internet of Things: You Only Live Twice? Thursday, August 17, 2017.

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Lessons on Policymakers, Gender Equality, and Data

Connection Cafe

Over four fifths of policymakers thought that gender equality concerns were a high or very high priority when setting policy on education, whereas just 38% thought that to be the case when making decisions about public finance.

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