Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Since 2007, offerings like M-Pesa , a mobile money transfer service, which began as an initiative from the telecommunications company Vodafone, is a huge opportunity for those living in primarily cash-based societies like Kenya and Tanzania. BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

They’re answering the question “how do I collect money online?” Busia, Kenya: Blue Bells Orphans And Vulnerable Support Program /Kenya. Want a taste of a social media surgery before you commit to attending? Check out this video from NetSquared Northern Michigan’s recent meeting. Friday, September 27.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

This Impact Lab cohort sets out to address the question: How might we enable female, small-scale farmers in maximizing food production and planning proactively? He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

But many of us find that we learn better when we get into the same room with our peers to ask questions, gossip and build relationships. Busia, Kenya: mozilla western kenya follow ups -openness,opportuni­ty on the open web. Washington, DC: Powerful Websites: Hub for your Online Presence. Wednesday, April 30. Thursday, May 1.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Vancouver, British Columbia: Questions Answered Regarding Tributes Module in Raiser’s Edge. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School. Research Triangle, North Carolina: Get More out of Excel: Tips and Tricks. Thursday, February 19, 2015.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Vancouver, British Columbia: Questions Answered Regarding Tributes Module in Raiser’s Edge. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign — February 10 to March 25. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plug-In / WordPress Work and Support Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Since I’m enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts. Dr. Garry has produced one YouTube already and will take questions via phone or Twitter ( @askdrgarry ) in a fun format that we think will be a hit with social media aficionados and promote giving. Go Minnesota! by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org. Go Minnesota!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

With donated Sparrow mobile devices, children in Kenya are learning to read, girls across the U.S. With donated Sparrow mobile devices, children in Kenya are learning to read, girls across the U.S. And hope is what our Mobile for All movement is all about. Try Sparrow and Give Back Today! Give Sparrow a try.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2011

The presentation was an opportunity to share some insights about working internationally and from sharing the ideas from the book from trip to Kenya / UK last November. I’m now interested in the question of how your scale a networked capacity building approach around social media. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Developing countries like Kenya and Ghana, which are starting to make good progress on these efforts, aren’t in the LDC category. The question of licensing pretty much got punted down the road. The publishers organized a dinner for all of the stakeholders in a lively bar/restaurant, and we continued the discussions long into the night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I had the pleasure of interviewing Alison Lowndes who works with children in Kenya last December. I also suggested to Ali that she go over to NTEN and post this question on the nonprofit blogging affinity as well as on the UK Riders List. I need a favour please ?? I'll summarize it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But most importantly, I want to recommend and encourage all of you to chat in your questions and comments throughout the next hour or so. But keep the questions coming. But the other question that they have to really think through is, well, what can we do? I think that’s a loaded question. So don’t be shy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The Water is Life project got underway to help children in Kenya last November. This leaves me with some questions. In addition to clean water, they are providing support for orphaned children in Africa, China, and India. And while there are commercial or business event sponsors (see side bar ) there isn't an overt sales goal.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

The 6th Internet Governance Forum will soon bring multiple stakeholders to Kenya to discuss key policy and governance issues. It is themed “Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms, and innovation.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In the very early days of the website they had visitors answer a series of questions about interests, skills, and cause activities. Two of the questions were “Which of these places would you most like to visit? Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# The Jumo website had its soft launch back on March 18, 2010.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

This session we focused on issues of health data collection--represented by the form shown here, which is a brand-new data collection instrument from Kenya (brought to the group by PATH's David Lubinski). We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". Reeta Roy , president and CEO of the MasterCard Foundation, is sending tweets from her site visit to Uganda and Kenya. At a roundtable, I had to chance to discuss this question with social media experts from India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

While Jacqueline and the Acumen Fund are the first to admit that Acumen is still relatively small and has much to learn, without question its measurable impact through investments in the developing world is one of the real success stories of social enterprise and a beacon light for future endeavors.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

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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. She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. Having friends in Kenya, she came up with the idea to provide summer schools in Kenya. Trade not Aid !"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" My question is whether you need to work on the mindset first, or whether the tools can help shift the mindset as well. It is good to have some experienced bloggers around who can help you out with simple questions you may have.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. It wasn't until I got to Kenya and saw how many kids were just dying to go to school and would do anything that I realized that that's not true all over the world. That's the best question! How can they help?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

It's only been recently that people have started asking the question, "What's the story of our food? When you start having that curiosity, and start asking those questions, what reveals itself are all these ways in which food is, and has become, this highly industrial process that involves a lot of fossil fuels and a lot of deforestation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

So the question on the table is, is what is and who is Back to Earth. There really wasn't ever a question on whether that was something that was going to manifest or not. And there's never been a question for us from the beginning that we were driven to make this work. Ari: Hello. So you just, you need to be there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Note from Beth: Lately, a question on my mind is whether or not the concept of Networked Nonprofits is a global one as I’ve had the opportunity to share some of the ideas beyond the US borders in Kenya and UK. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In the very early days of the website they had visitors answer a series of questions about interests, skills, and cause activities. Two of the questions were “Which of these places would you most like to visit? Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# When The Jumo website had its soft launch back on March 18, 2010.

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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. Response was laughter).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Way back in August I posed the somewhat rhetorical question: Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet. What the heck.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

We had a group that went to Kenya to visit BOMA Fund , and we went to Uganda to visit the BeadforLife program. I took my 14-year-old with me to Kenya this past March, and it was a life-changing experience. I feel like you've already answered this question, but I've been asking folks this year: how do you have fun and do good?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

She has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund, and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. let's take Kenya: say there is a head office in Nairobi, and maybe some branch offices in Kakamega or Kisumu, towns all around Kenya. We asked a lot of questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

That's a great question and it's very true. We even get Skypes from a woman from Kenya named Leah, who was one of our first grassroots women reporters. I'm so excited," and then after awhile they're like, "You know, I can't do this pro bono anymore." Or, you have to grow to a demand. I've got this. I'm spreading it now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2006

We met some of the most incredible social movement leaders, and met Wangari Mathai, this incredible environmental leader in Kenya who ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize several years ago. So kind of getting them to ask those questions then getting them to become leaders in fighting for those foods and fighting for that in their community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is Founder and Executive Director of Akili Dada and based in Kenya. Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A. and Kenya, where Akili Dada is based.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When we look at environmental challenges, we can't avoid the question of women's role within designing the solutions. One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. Women are disproportionately affected by environmental toxins. There is not a shortage of resources.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn. My last question is always, "What would you like to ask me?" I would never ask that question. BB: You've captured so many amazing images and stories in this book, what is the image that stands out the most for you?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

Ilyse Hogue: I enjoy, wow, that's a great question. Ilyse Hogue: One of my favorite success stories--wow, that's a great question, there are so many. If you like the music, it is from Kenya Masala's "Mango Delight". You can learn more about Kenya's work and his music by going to sourceconsultinggroup.com.

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