Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 3, 2009

This weekend, I made my first educational microloan, to Claudia Belén García Royz of Nicaragua, who is studying to be an industrial engineer. Tags: Chakrabarti microloans Vittana Kushal Kiva. Outside the U.S., educational loans are not so common. And, education is the way out of poverty.

Education 100

Education Nicaragua Kiva Amazon 100

Forum One

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

So when Angie Milton, a Forum One Project Officer, decided to take a six-month sabbatical to volunteer in Nicaragua, we realized that it was time for us to eat our own dog food. Angie is already blogging regularly about her work for the San Juan del Sur Sister City Project in Nicaragua. Tags: Strategy.

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Nicaragua WordPress NGO Open Source 52

Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

At 4:30, Steve starts a “pointing game” in which he asks you to point to the tallest building you can see, then the Statue of Liberty, then Nicaragua. After the Nicaragua question, Steve says, “Most of you are pretty good at geography.” After the Nicaragua question, Steve says, “Most of you are pretty good at geography.”

Instruction 21

Instruction Instructional Nicaragua Experiment 21

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Witness for Peace has a blog for their team in Mexico and for their team in Nicaragua to report back on their work there. Tags: blog nonprofit. For example, here is a post that I wrote from Aspiration Tech's Nonprofit Developer's Summit for NetSquared blog readers. Perhaps your staff makes a lot of international trips.

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Blogger Causes Support Nicaragua 41