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Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Unfortunately, yesterday, the Pakistan government decided to block Twitter – after we had just gotten everyone comfortable tweeting! Stephanie put together this awesome resource list of services.

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In Times of Crisis, You See Nonprofits Helping, Solving, Rebuilding

Saleforce Nonprofit

Because when you look around at today’s crises — whether that’s the recent floods in Pakistan or providing meals to children during the pandemic — you see nonprofits helping, solving, and rebuilding. Salesforce.org believes strongly in a shared commitment to use our resources to address urgent global needs together.

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Mobile-First Still Matters

Forum One

Likely, most of this growth will come from China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan. In reality, resource constraints often result in a mobile-first approach turning into a “mobile-only” approach or veering to the other end of the spectrum of a “desktop-only” approach. Mobile-first resources.

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Packable philanthropy: Donate a TEDx in a Box

AFP Blog

With TEDx in a Box, individuals in the developing world and other underserved areas are delivered all the resources they need for an event, packaged into a portable box designed by IDEO. So far, boxes have been shipped to organizers in Ecuador, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, India and Pakistan — and counting.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. software.

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Building a solid core, participants can use social media tools to easily connect NGOS with new people who have knowledge, resources, and ideas to share to help with the project goals.

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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. Cloud computing products and resources. The Difference Technology Makes. Mobile technology solutions. Image: Sonny M.