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I just made an educational microloan!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This weekend, I made my first educational microloan, to Claudia Belén García Royz of Nicaragua, who is studying to be an industrial engineer. Kushal is a great example of that, and I look forward to tracking the success of Vittana! Outside the U.S., educational loans are not so common. And, education is the way out of poverty.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

Have Fun - Do Good

According to the blog search engine, Technorati 's, "State of the Blogosphere" in October 2006 : Technorati is tracking more than 57 Million blogs. Witness for Peace has a blog for their team in Mexico and for their team in Nicaragua to report back on their work there. There are a lot of people out there reading and writing blogs.

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