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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

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Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. spanhidden.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. International NGO Leadership. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). They all meet the definition of TI as a primary purpose of the agency or NGO. Large print: the U.S.

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BRAC

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My primary destination in Bangladesh was to meet with BRAC , which is the world's largest NGO (nonprofit organization) with nearly 100,000 employees. One of the most exciting parts I heard about with my interests was BRAC's expanding network of libraries around the country: more than 1,000 with 300 of them with PCs.

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SAP Gives Back

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SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. In 2010, SAP invested almost US$17 million in universities and nonprofits worldwide, an increase from US$10 million in 2009. Making Social Investments. Seven Billion Actions.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. I could go on and on about this one so I'll just tell you what I've been reading on the topic: University of Toronto: A Global Overview of Digital Wallet Technologies. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations.

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