Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Though many of the countries we work in are talked about in the news (DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan), some aren’t as well-known (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Nigeria) and we often need to explain why operating in these countries is important.

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JULY 1, 2011

The Educational Development Center is helping nearly 150,000 students in Sudan receive a better education, using a relatively old technology: the radio. This week our members used and blogged about HTML5, the radio, and even gamified a campaign to help other people and nonprofits! Have more news to share?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

One Million Bones is a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (July 23, 2011) 12.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Women for Women International supports women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan). Onoro graduated from her program in November, and I've decided to sponsor another woman from Sudan in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

In the case of the LA Times article, which was about the need for divestment from Sudan, we had our members specifically email the article to a vice-president at Fidelity, which has a lot of investments in Sudan-linked business firms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Food for poor families, water in Sudan, trees in the Amazon, etc. No purchase is required at any store, and karma points can be redeemed nine predefined good causes. Big brands like Kraft Foods and Citi. both are on board) then turn the karmas into real dollar donations to those causes. are examples of the causes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 5, 2007

To follow what is going on in Darfur, and how you can help, check out these blogs: ENOUGH Blog Save Darfur Blog Genocide Intervention Network (Darfur news feed) Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth Sudan: The Passion of the Present Darfur Sand and Sorrow film blogs

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 29, 2016

This Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and all countries under sanction by the U.S. This Challenge is void in the U.S. government (" U.S. Embargo Countries "). Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per organization.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Some of the programs that we have currently running are the Sudan Divestment Task Force , which is leading up the campaign to divest state pensions from companies doing business in Sudan on a recently passed Federal legislation to ban future state contracts. His campaign was successful. It is cool to see that happening.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Having spent several months in Southern Sudan, I know the struggles that people have to find clean drinking water. One of the most captivating pictures that we came across was actually an ad for a nonprofit – charity:water. This post was exquisite and honestly made me a little emotional. Something that tells a story.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 23, 2009

In that spirit, I'm making only three 2009 Have Fun Do Good Resolutions Write each month to the woman from Sudan who I am sponsoring through Women for Women International. Although I enjoyed a lot of the things I did last year, I still felt like I was trying to do too much at one time--which is exhausting, and stressful.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Since, 2010, Team Rubicon has been instrumental in over 50 missions ranging from South Sudan and Haiti, to Joplin, Missouri and Hurricane Sandy. TR is widely recognized for its organizational efficiency and ability to be one of the first to reach the most devastated, remote, and need areas.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

April 10 Call President Bush at 1-800-GENOCIDE and ask the White House to keep its promise by implementing the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA). Check out Dave Eggers' recent Op -Ed in the New York Times , "Dropping the Torch" about the event.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 18, 2011

For example, one day I woke up and checked my email to find a proposed blog entry from a colleague in South Sudan — he'd written a poem, a very personal reflection about looking at the sunrise and farmers going out to their fields as he headed to work. Did I ever anticipate a poem? Certainly not.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 17, 2015

For example, in 2014 WOD for Water raised $212,174 around a CrossFit workout event to bring clean water to villages in India, Cambodia, and south Sudan. People often organize into teams to participate and raise funds, and physical action is required.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 13, 2007

Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth: "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has joined with Google in an unprecedented online mapping initiative.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. And he's come up with his plan, his social entrepreneurship plan, to bring attention to the refugee plight and also to contribute to rebuilding in Sudan. It had been bombed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2006

It was a little over 10 minutes long and talked about medical needs in Sudan, the ongoing challenges in Colombia and how people with HIV/AIDS in the developing world are being denied access to new "second-line" AIDS medicine. (My I just listened to the first podcast.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 26, 2011

Sudan caused a 0.12% increase in the country’s GDP growth rate, partly. A Mobiles for Development, global research study commissioned by UNICEF. has found that in India upon achieving a critical penetration rate of. 25%, every 10% increase in penetration resulted in a 1.2% increase in a. state’s economic growth.

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 15, 2017

This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S. Embargo Countries"). Important warning for persons outside the U.S. and Canada (who do not live in the U.S. Embargo Countries): Sponsor is offering this Sweepstakes from the State of California, U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. College students have led the fight on issues. Activism has evolved beyond sit-ins. How can we take it into the digital world. Darfur Is Dying was the result. The founder and creator of game consulted people in Darfur. 700,000 have played the game.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan. Survivors can also participate in rights awareness and leadership education training, job skills training, and business development support.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

The Genocide Intervention Network has a good list of 10 Ways You Can Take Action Today including writing to elected officials, divesting from Sudan, holding an awareness raising event, and creating a video for 24 Hours for Darfur. But why aren't more people doing these things? Why isn't being anti-genocide as "popular" as being green?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. A woman journalist from Sudan had her story about the flogging of a woman who was wearing pants get picked up, and it made international headlines. We had the BBC pick up some of those stories, the UN Wire, and The Huffington Post.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 28, 2017

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily grant the Trump administration's request to reinstate portions of its travel ban (blocking people from six countries - Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Libya and Somalia - from entering the United States), CARE reignited their #BetterThanTheBan campaign.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

He has travelled to South Sudan, and extensively across Canada on behalf of War Child. Brock Warner, CFRE is the Senior Manager, Fundraising at War Child , a humanitarian organization devoted to protecting childhood in war zones. He is responsible for the annual and monthly programmes, donor services management and appeal integration.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

I just came from a meeting where I was told that the women we are servicing in Southern Sudan are earning double the per capita income in that country. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. The women that we are servicing in Congo, where, if they are lucky, they get $0.20

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Doctors Without Borders blog has plenty of examples of this type of captivating storytelling, including a gripping story about people fleeing violence in Sudan. The best nonprofit blogs pull readers in using direct quotes from beneficiaries, compelling images, and riveting descriptions.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

If there are two groups giving money to the Sudan, for example, it would be great to know which one gets 90% of their funds there versus one that only gets 40%. I think a simple “reports” section would be great, where charities could load their 990s, annual reports, etc. Lastly, you can shamelessly plug LWB.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

If there are two groups giving money to the Sudan, for example, it would be great to know which one gets 90% of their funds there versus one that only gets 40%. I think a simple “reports” section would be great, where charities could load their 990s, annual reports, etc. Lastly, you can shamelessly plug LWB.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Some groups like The Sudan Genocide Intervention Project and Dennis Kucinich chose to hide the number of friends they had. On MySpace, though, you dont necessarily "get" friends, you earn them yourself by surfing other users profiles and clicking the "Add as Friend" button. How many comments do nonprofits have?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Some groups like The Sudan Genocide Intervention Project and Dennis Kucinich chose to hide the number of friends they had. On MySpace, though, you dont necessarily "get" friends, you earn them yourself by surfing other users profiles and clicking the "Add as Friend" button. How many comments do nonprofits have?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

In Tanzania, only something like 3.5%; in Sudan, it's only about 1.5%, and even in India, which we think of as being more developed, it's only about 10% of the people who actually have a job in the formal private sector. But, in Africa, where we work, there are very, very few jobs in the formal private sector.

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