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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

The first step in making change in your life, local community or world is to learn. You may have been part of the day of action by participating in an event in your local area. We’ve taken hundreds of local cafes and bound them together into a network that lets those who want water find those willing to provide it.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

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What Is TechSoup Up To in Asia (Now)?

Tech Soup

TechSoup Asia currently offers product donations from our donating partners Microsoft, Symantec, and SAP, as well as relevant and useful content to NGOs in Singapore and Malaysia. We’ve also launched a NetSquared Local in Singapore, and are working to include the Philippines and Thailand in the near future.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

We connect the local with global resources.” Global University of Islamic Finance , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is working on developing Islamic oriented socially conscious investing in cooperation with Sharia law. They place a specific focus on access to information, free speech and minority rights.