AFP Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Geek teams on two continents write poverty-breaking apps for Kenya | Reuters : "The Nov. 20-22 Poverty Hackathon will be the first international development-focused virtual hackathon - taking place on two continents simultaneously, the organizers say. While it’s not common for hackathons to have virtual teams working together, we think it’s a core component of actually making impact," said Canadian Danielle Thé, who set up the charity Devs Without Borders in Toronto earlier this year." 'via

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. 1) From the outside, it appears that NGOs in Kenya do not have access to the traditional fundraising services that are so common here in the United States, such as a “Donate” page for processing credit cards and PayPal accounts. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya. I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. The Networked Nonprofit In Kenya. Cultural Norms Around Instructional Delivery: I had learned that instructional delivery in Kenya tends to be very formal, mostly the “sage on the stage&# lecture approach.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

She’s an incredible social entrepreneur I just visited with in Nairobi, Kenya. They made a great team: Steve was an enthusiastic salesman/CEO, passionate about building up Kenya through good IT jobs, and Carol ran the team. They focused even more on students, and built online resources that allowed them to recruit from across Kenya, including economic and social screening for the neediest students. The doctors in Kenya struggled with a diagnosis.

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. Zawadi shared her most recent crowdfunding campaign, probably one of the most successful in Kenya, raising over $71,000 in a couple of days, to help a 24 year old brain cancer patient Emmanuel Otieno (pictured above and known as Jadudi) to get surgery in India. Zawadi, now a Twitter influencer in Kenya and beyond, started the campaign on Twitter, while it was simultaneously launched on Biko’s blog.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Kenyan mapping tool helps Haiti quake victims: "n online crisis mapping tool initiated and operated by Kenyans has been assisting families and friends locate missing persons, following the horrendous earthquake that hit the Haitian capital three weeks ago.The online mapping tool — www.ushahidi.com — is also being

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Tech Soup Blog

JULY 8, 2009

June marked the launch of two new international TechSoup partners: Japan and Kenya , bringing the total count of TechSoup Global Network partners to 24 (not including the original U.S. TechSoup Kenya is a collaborative effort by SANGONeT/NGO Pulse and Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN). Congratulations to all, and welcome to TechSoup Japan and TechSoup Kenya!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

According to a recent AP report , 300,000 people in Kenya were forced to leave their homes, and over 800 people were killed during this past month's post-election violence. Feministing suggests making donations to the Kenya Red Cross Society. The Vuma Kenya Initiative's site has a list of Kenya related blogs, and a list of 10 places to donate. Ida Wahlstrom's post, Kenya's Crossroads: What You Can Do is full of resources for how you can help. Kenya donation

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gokubi.com

MARCH 3, 2010

Ah, what an amazing experience! I plan to write up my thoughts after I have recovered from the 67 hours of travel to get home. In the meantime, feel free to browse my pictures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I used my $100 check to purchase beautiful ceramic beaded necklaces from Kazuri in Kenya. Kazuri is Swahili for “small and beautiful.&# The Kazuri factory is located in the rolling hills outside of Nairobi, Kenya. Kazuri pays its employees three times the national wage in Kenya and provides free health care, day care, and educates workers on AIDs and Malaria. By purchasing these necklaces as gifts for women in Silicon Valley, it provides support for women in Kenya.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 29, 2011

As I noted in my first blog on my African trip, I was delighted with the entrepreneurial culture in Nairobi, Kenya. Steve especially noted the support he received from his mother, a farmer in rural Kenya, for keeping Daproim going until the business took off. social entrepreneurs Leila Janah Daproim impact sourcing Nairobi Muthee social enterprise samasource Kenya socent Bookshare

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2011

I've just ended an exciting three week long Africa trip to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. One of my very first meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, was with John Kipchumbah (Kipp) and Philip Thigo of the Innovation Program of the Social Development Network. One of the first areas was a budget tracking tools for Kenya, to make it easier for people to learn about budgeted amounts for their areas. They are also planning on tracking next year's elections in Kenya.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2007

An estimated 80,000-150,000 people from all over the world will be attending the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya January 20-25th. This year's theme is, ""People's Struggles, People's Alternatives - Another World is Possible." The World Social Forum was created by anti-globalization activists in 2001 as a balance to the World Economic Forum in Davos. This is the first time it has been held in Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. Having friends in Kenya, she came up with the idea to provide summer schools in Kenya. She chronicles the program's start up on her personal blog ) She shares why she started her NGO, "The economic situation is far worse in Kenya than China so volunteer teachers were the only option. Organizations in Kenya are carefully vetted.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

One of our partners is in Kenya, and I recently was sent their holiday party pictures. And, they're doing great work for us in Kenya, a country that has tremendous potential and needs to advance past the challenges of the last year. Tags: social enterprise Daproim Harkin Bookshare Kenya Bookshare is doing great. Launching the new version of the website has been exciting, and I was happy to see a great blog post on the new capabilities from the National Braille Press' blog.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 25, 2008

we get to hear the story of a cell phone banking service that gives the poor effective banking services in Kenya when the country's banks have declined to serve them. And, Kenya is not the only country to discover this opportunity. Technology really is becoming an incredible tool for empowering the poor. Whenever I see a great example of this, I get excited. Vital Wave Consulting covers the opportunities in serving developing markets and one of their blog posts really grabbed me.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Top rated charity opens up its real-time data - Humanosphere : "The charity that allows people to make a direct donation to a person living in Kenya just got a whole lot more transparent. It is another step forward for the organization that made a big splash last year when a rigorous study of its work in Kenya showed the impact of giving poor western Kenyans money to spend as they see fit." ''via Blog this

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AFP Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

News - Local News: Portsmouth News and Information (Portsmouth) : "Joshua Shaw, from Portsmouth, Ed Adams, from Pebworth in Warwickshire, both 20, and Qui Mai, 28, from Vietnam will spend six weeks working for the charity Balloon Kenya this summer." ''via Blog this

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2011

As a sponsor of this fundraising run in cooperation with TechSoup Egypt and TechSoup Kenya , TechSoup Global is proud to support SANGONeT and the runners as they make their journey through the Sahara. Fundraising TechSoup SANGONet NGO South Arica TechSoup Egypt TechSoup Kenya nongovernmental organizationsPicture the scene…our heroes with pain coursing through their bodies and sweat dripping down their brows as they head toward the finish line.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Save the Elephants engages potential donors using Google Street View » Charity Digital News : "oogle has released Street View imagery of Kenya—including the Samburu National Reserve, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust—in partnership with Save the Elephants and with the support of the Samburu County Government. “It’s

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

We recently signed a deal with a group in Kenya, and they were very enthusiastic about it! We're busy expanding Bookshare.org with the help of social enterprises all over the world. Samasource wins contract with Bookshare.org

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TechImpact

MAY 15, 2013

In an effort to allow people in remote areas to have consistent access to the cloud, a Kenya-based nonprofit is making plans to distribute a new device that can bring reliable internet to even the most remote of locations, even when … Continued The post NGO Bringing Internet Service To Developing World appeared first on Tech Impact. In places like rural Africa, reliable internet service is hard to come by.

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AFP Blog

MAY 20, 2011

Crowdsourcing put to good use in Africa | Madeleine Bunting | Global development | guardian.co.uk : "Back in 2008, a group of bloggers based in Kenya came up with an idea in response to the wave of ethnic violence sweeping the country in the wake of elections: Ushahidi – meaning testimony in Swahili – aimed to use crowdsourcing to track a fast-moving crisis.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Kenyan schools get wired up - The National Newspaper: "n the past six years, an organisation called Computers for Schools Kenya has placed more than 20,000 computers in institutions across the country, bringing disadvantaged youths into the information and communication technology (ICT) age.“The

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. Andrew’s focus is on curing blindness: 80% of the people he sees in rural Kenya can have their blindness reversed. I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya. While English might be very useful in Nairobi, Swahili would be the language needed in rural Kenya.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 13, 2009

Volunteers show a generous face - The National Newspaper: "When Lola Lopez founded Aid in Motion, a Dubai-based NGO, last year to collect and donate clothes to poor rural communities in Kenya, Myanmar and Pakistan, she needed help. She turned to Facebook, where she created a group called Volunteer in Dubai, hoping to get a handful of interested people. Before she knew it, 3,000 volunteers had.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 23, 2013

So far, boxes have been shipped to organizers in Ecuador, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, India and Pakistan — and counting Packable philanthropy: Donate a TEDx in a Box : What is a TEDx in a Box, you ask? It’s a suitcase stuffed with everything an economically marginalized community needs to host their very own TEDx event — a projector, an iPod preloaded with subtitled TED Talks, a sound system, camcorders to capture fresh talks, and a how-to guide.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 25, 2007

Blogging catches on in Africa, despite technology limitations » PopMatters | News and Commentary | PopWire:"In a sign that the medium is maturing, Were said that many of the sites saw a surge in traffic from in Kenya in the days after the plane crash.“More

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Steve Bridger

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It has long been a shared and heartfelt wish to bring Beth Kanter back to the UK, and so I’m over the moon that later this month Beth will be spending a couple of days on these shores on her way back home to California from Kenya (where she will be attending an Ushahidi board meeting and running a workshop , among other things).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. Kenya and Tanzania, among others, are considered “high burden countries,” defined as having more than 5 million people living in trachoma-confirmed and suspected areas.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2013

Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group. This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Lisa Truong, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Help a Mother Out. Help a Mother Out is a grassroots organization that raises diapers and awareness, and advocates for long term change in the social safety net. Lisa is a social entrepreneur with over 12 years experience in technology and nonprofit sectors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2020

2020 Growing Giving in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania Report :: Download. The research reports listed below are a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. The data can be used to help your organization craft your next online fundraising and digital marketing strategy. If you would like to suggest a specific report be added to the list, please contact Heather Mansfield or post a link in the comment section below. Thank you!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Show Notes* Learn more about Sara and Dance 4 Peace: Dance 4 Peace website Dance 4 Peace on Facebook Dance 4 Peace on Twitter Connect with me: Big Vision Consulting Speaking and workshop calendar Facebook Twitter Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group. "We had a blast!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. My main commitment was to attend a conference in Uganda (described below in this blog post), but I figured if I was in east Africa, I should take the opportunity to first visit two key partners in Kenya (after having a coffee on Sunday with my cousin's daughter, an MIT grad working on analyzing traffic safety data gleaned from social media in Kenya).

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

A Letter From Our CEO, Chantal Sheehan I’m over it. COVID-19. The deaths. The sickness. The fear. The grief. The politics. The injustice. The media. The government screw ups. The lockdowns. The conspiracy theories. The economy. The unemployment rate. The PPP. The food supply. The feeling of loneliness. The worry. About everything. All the time. The hoarding. The sickness. The deaths. Oh look, murder hornets. I’m so over this s#!t. I know you are, too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2011

11: Blogging for Writers (Berkeley, CA) Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group. "It's important to never lose track of leveraging the strengths of the people that we serve. I think that when you take a strengths-based approach to working with folks who are struggling in some way, it's part of the way that you build optimism.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Before and during her studies, she conducted field research for governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as foundations, on maternal and child health in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Haiti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and India. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 25, 2014

Are you ready to join a global, Storytelling conversation on Twitter at #Storymakers2014 spanning the globe from India, Libya, Kenya across Europe, Canada and the United States. With one-hour chats in Cameroon, New Zealand, India, Kenya, South Africa, Poland, Canada and the United States, we have over twelves hours of digital storytelling conversation planned for your listening pleasure. Kenya. Storymakers2014 is going around the world!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2011

Learn more about Kathy LeMay and The Generosity Plan: Raising Change The Generosity Plan The Generosity Plan on Amazon Generosity Plan Facebook Group Twitter: @raisingchange Connect with me Website: [link] Speaking and workshop calendar: [link] Blog: [link] Twitter: @Bbravo Facebook: www.facebook.com/britt.bravo Music "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Wangari Maathai was a renowned environmental political activist in Kenya. Along with earning her PhD (she is credited as the first woman in East and Central Africa to do so), Maathai taught at the university level, worked in the Kenya government, and founded the Greenbelt Movement. she·ro (pl. sheroes) : a woman regarded as a hero.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

M-Changa (Kenya). Nonprofits in North America, Europe, and Australia have a multitude of online fundraising services to choose from mostly thanks to their government’s efforts to build digital records and databases of legally verified nonprofits.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Monthly Meeting. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya. What has NetSquared got planned for the next month? So much that it’ll blow your mind! Net2Local organizers hold regular events connecting the nonprofit and technology communities. With over fifty groups in twenty countries there’s probably a group close to you.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2011

Over the past few weeks, we received over 250 applications from bloggers around the world – from California to Kenya, and from Mexico to Iraq. The three winning bloggers will accompany community workers as they distribute LifeStraw® Family water filters to almost a million households in Kakamega, Kenya." I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

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