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GIS Put to Use in Myanmar

NTEN

It had been awhile since I'd played with Google Earth, but Jim Prosser at Direct Relief International gave me a good reason this morning: DRI has used GE to map the official health clinics and hospitals in Myanmar. Tags: emergency response GIS google earth Integration/APIs International myanmar NPTech Program.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Four Steps to Ease You Into Social Web Activism

Have Fun - Do Good

On September 28th you could have uploaded a photo of yourself wearing a red shirt to Flickr to show your solidarity with the monks in Burma as part of Red Shirt Day for Burma/Birma/ Myanmar. You can still add your own red photo to the Burma Free - Birmania Libera Flickr pool. Check out the photo "comments" on this Free Burma photo.

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450 Email Subject Lines From End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

Realizing dreams in Myanmar. Bringing Myanmar into the digital age. A Community That Gives: NTEN Member News. Give the gift that helps Syrian children. Holiday Fund + Gifts for Kids. Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. Sinatra: Voice for a Century. Take Action: Fight the Extinction Crisis.

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