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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My most recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this trend. While visiting the country, I met with members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) who are using a growing collection of technology tools to confront reported human rights incidents. Human rights monitors in Nigeria continue to be harassed.

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Using Pinterest To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women in Nigeria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive health organizations and human rights NGOs in Nigeria for the MacArthur Foundation. She approached me after the training, with a leaflet in hand.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. . Malala Fund is partnering with ACE Charity in Nigeria to provide children.

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

Saleforce Nonprofit

Ultimately, the cohort decided to move forward with ideas that bring multiple resources together in a user-friendly manner through SMS or USSD. We generated ideas for features like crop-specific guidance, multi-language accessibility, real-time market pricing data, and access to peer-to-peer training and resources. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

A recent national survey of Ethiopia’s vaccination coverage reported vastly different results from the government’s own estimates. Ethiopia could have ignored this conflict and reported the most favorable data.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Decatur, Illinois: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Nonprofit Software. Mukono, Uganda: Capacity-Building Training in Resource Mobilization for Organizations. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Learn How Your NGO Can Use Adobe Spark and Other Storytelling Tools. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum — October 6.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post includes my slides and summary of the main points I will be making as well as links to resources. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Gen Z By The Numbers.

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