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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

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According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. Why is that? 2) How do M-Changa’s crowdfunding services fill that void?

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Must-Read Digital Marketing & Fundraising Reports for Nonprofits Worldwide

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2020 Growing Giving in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania Report :: Download. Survey questions cover website and email communications, online fundraising tools, social media, and productivity and security software. Published by CanadaHelps. 2020 Multicultural & Newcomer Charitable Giving Study :: Download. Published by Imagine Canada.

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Kipp and Philip of the Social Development Network in east Africa

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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. They are also planning on tracking next year's elections in Kenya.

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20 Crowdfunding Services for Nonprofits Worldwide

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M-Changa (Kenya). The report is groundbreaking in that it is the only annual research project dedicated to studying how NGOs worldwide use web and email communications, online fundraising tools, social media, mobile technology, and data management and security software. BackaBuddy (South Africa). backabuddy.co.za. Donate-ng (Nigeria).

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New Ideas at TED2014

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His innovation is the PEEK software tool : a low-cost smartphone ophthalmic system that delivers comprehensive eye examinations in the developing world, to those who need it most. He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. While English might be very useful in Nairobi, Swahili would be the language needed in rural Kenya.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

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In the future, AR could expand to holograms of ourselves doing everything from going on safari in Kenya to attending a conference. Fueled by a strong passion for the Internet, Heather spends her days (and some nights) helping nonprofits, charities, and NGOs worldwide utilize the internet as a tool for social good.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

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Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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