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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Current growth is occurring in parts of the world where “NGO” and “ONG” are commonly used terms and in regions where “nonprofit” and “charity” are more common, many nonprofits and charities are purchasing the domains (they are sold as a bundle) and having them forward to their.ORG website(s).

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Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Unfortunately, yesterday, the Pakistan government decided to block Twitter – after we had just gotten everyone comfortable tweeting! More from GlobalVoices.

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