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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm working from Maputo, Mozambique on this U.S. Memorial Day. Today I've been talking to humanitarian demining groups about our proposed mine detector. Last week in South Africa I was discussing adaptive technology for the blind and software for human rights groups.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Earlier this year, I remember buying roasted cashews from a woman on the street in Maputo, Mozambique, who had her wares balanced on her head. My takeaway is something that many people has pointed out: that the cell phone has become an incredible engine of change for the poor.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. He started his career at a digital solutions start-up in South Africa, and for the past 4 years, he’s been part of the WFP technology team. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am just back from the Africa Economic Summit in Mozambique. I was very impressed with President Chissano, the former Marxist revolutionary who is stepping down next year after leading his country for 18 years. His embrace of business development, reform, and advancing the interests of his people made quite an impression on me.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was interested enough in learning more to take off for a tour of facilities in Maputo the next afternoon, hosted by the Catholic Community of Saint'Egidio , a group well known for having helped broker the peace settlement in Mozambique more than a decade ago. One surprise: they aren't over-subscribed.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup Blog

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup Blog

In Mozambique, for example, a recent study showed that using just 1GB of data can cost well over two months’ wages for the average citizen. “The result of high prices is a digital divide that slows progress in vital areas such as health, education and science.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

But then you go overseas, and my experience, in Israel and Palestine and London and South Africa, Mozambique, people ask you, "What the heck are you doing over there? The other thing is that a lot of folks, I think when you're young it's like, oh yeah, you kind of hate the U.S., and you kind of go through your rebel phase.

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nfp 2.0 » Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr

Rebooting Charity

As well as Rwanda, I also visited Uganda, Congo, South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland – all countries deeply impacted by poverty, AIDS, and conflict. Have the organisations listed in your Flickr profile found you through your photography?

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