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Sending Prayers and Concrete Help to the Philippines: Bayanihan’ Spirit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I remembered my Dad, who passed away this year, who was a WW2 Vet and stationed in the Philippines. I remember him telling me stories about his experience there , one poignant story about going into a rural village and finding it destroyed. Donate to Help Victims in Philippines.

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FYI: I’m in Southeast Asia Giving Social Media Trainings to Nonprofits!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I’ve been fortunate enough to be hired to provide three social media trainings to their nonprofit partners in Malaysia (photo above), Singapore, and the Philippines. Ultimately their goal is help nonprofits become better equipped at fulfilling their mission by building their technological capacity.

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M-Pesa is our hippo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

we get to hear the story of a cell phone banking service that gives the poor effective banking services in Kenya when the country's banks have declined to serve them. The Philippines has had cell phone banking for years. Whenever I see a great example of this, I get excited. In M-Pesa is our hippo! Don't bark at us.

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

Cebu, Philippines. Find more pictures and stories from #101010 and 350.org I hope you’ll pause at each one and think about the way water is changing the lives of those in the pictures and community around the world: 350 Rising Sea Level Campaign at Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 350 action in Oman Dive Center. Hulhumale Maldives.

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What Is TechSoup Up To in Asia (Now)?

Tech Soup

We’ve also launched a NetSquared Local in Singapore, and are working to include the Philippines and Thailand in the near future. TechSoup Asia currently offers product donations from our donating partners Microsoft, Symantec, and SAP, as well as relevant and useful content to NGOs in Singapore and Malaysia.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. " More Stories; We Would Like to Add Yours. Want to share the story of how tech donations through TechSoup have helped your organization better serve your mission?

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. In the U.S., firefighters now use drones to spot wildfires and gauge their movement. There is potential to use them fight fires as well if the FAA permits it.

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