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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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How the American Childhood Cancer Organization Used Crowdfunding to Raise Over $43,000!

Tech Soup

Last year we shared how the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) used Teespring to exceed their fundraising goals with a few clicks of a button. We took childhood cancer statistics and had it spelled out in the shape of a gold ribbon. But they aren’t done: they continue to launch new successful campaigns.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs that Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You have Internet access, a computer, a roof over your head, and likely planning some holiday shopping this year. Jude’s Children’s Hospital: Get into the holiday spirit with ornaments, decorations and other gifts that inspire hope and help fight childhood cancer. If you are reading this now, then of the world’s 6.8

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How Nonprofits Can Raise Money Using YouTube

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Slaying Childhood Cancer: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Told from the perspective of her father, this video is a story of childhood cancer hero Jordan Vincent – named the Cancer Slayer. If you don’t have access to YouTube Giving tools just yet, don’t fear – you can still add Donation Cards to your fundraising videos!

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Improving childhood nutrition. If Andrew and his peers can’t cure their blindness, could we help them with access to information? accessibility Bastawrous Benetech blind cognitive Gooch Lomberg poverty socent social entrepreneurship tech4good TED TED2014' Old-fashioned cooking methods kill millions each year.

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Disney is closing down Ice Age animation studio Blue Sky and canceling its final film

The Verge

That included access to the X-Men franchise — something that may soon become culturally relevant — and Blue Sky Studios. The studio also produced a variety of CGI movies I remember fondly from my childhood, like Robots, and some recent movies I really enjoyed, such as 2015’s The Peanuts Movie and Ferdinand.

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How Zero to Three Improves Childhood Development Through Salesforce Technology

Cloud 4 Good

They now have access to create cross-programmatic lists for special events or campaigns. The post How Zero to Three Improves Childhood Development Through Salesforce Technology appeared first on Cloud for Good. You May Also Enjoy: Blog: How Technology Helped Zero to Three + Harold Grinspoon Through a Crisis.