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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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

She originally founded the Voice of Women Organization (VWO) to educate girls in Kabul in secret schools under the Taliban, and has since expanded to support and assist underprivileged women and children throughout Afghanistan.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

There were people already doing cool stuff, like InSTEDD and some great work around mashups of humanitarian data in Afghanistan, as well as folks discussing lauching cool new social enterprises (but we can't talk about them yet). I did a session on technology that does social good but doesn't make money, and got a dynamic group to show up.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. By: Rakesh Bharania, Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org and Alex Parker, Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org. Here are some tips for finding and managing that user data and content.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This post is republished with permission from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. It was originally published on August 20. See CDP's What We're Watching page for news on the status of disasters worldwide, along with relevant disaster-related media coverage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Founding partners include United Nations Foundation, DonorsChoose.org , Mashable, Blackbaud, charity: water, GlobalGiving, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Kiva, Darden Restaurant Group, Groupon, Unilever and VENTURE3Capital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2011

This year’s campaign hopes to raise $65,000 to invest in Mama Lucy’s secondary school in Tanzania, Renu & Maggie’s schools in Kathmandu & Surkhet, Nepal, and Suraya’s women’s shelter in Afghanistan. Learn more about the women being honored and create your heartspace for your mom here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2007

Clay Aiken in Afghanistan with Unicef, Photo from Flickr. " The most recent set of posts are from Clay Aiken's field work in Afghanistan and also includes flickr photos. I've been following Unicef's Field Notes Blog. The posts are from people working in different countries on child survival work.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The Rucksack" -- a cutting-edge project that I led recently for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) -- is an especially powerful example of an organization using technology in a strategic and transformative way.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

His unit, the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He graduated at the top of his class at Boot Camp, the School of Infantry, and Marine Scout-Sniper School. He knows the streets, both those that are peaceful and those that are dangerous. He’s been there and done that.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Featured Photo: Sahar Foundation provides computer education to girls in Afghanistan. The post Get 34 Tips For Making A Memorable Nonprofit Video appeared first on Learn - GlobalGiving.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When the Afghanistan government fell to the Taliban just days after the U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. I was heartbroken by what was happening in Afghanistan. and coalition forces withdrew their troops, Afghan allies that served alongside the U.S. Veterans Called to Duty Digitally. Government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2007

A few months back, colleague Jayne Cravens was off to Afghanistan, to serve as Communication and Reporting Advisor for the United Nation's National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP), part of UNDP. from Jayne Craven's Flickr Photos from Kabul. I wrote a bon voyage post here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. A: For me specifically, government and social media (and not just Washington), social media, the Sunlight Foundation ( on government accountability and transparency, data.gov, etc.)

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

In other, more rare occasions – such as the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 – we’ve felt compelled to proactively take action based on changing external circumstances. Organizations may react differently to the same situation, something Candid learned in our response to the situation in Afghanistan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2016

It was closing time in the Hague and I was too late to the Oxfam Novib office to meet anyone, but a poster in the window reminds us all to remember Afghanistan one of the poorest countries in the world, affected by decades of conflict and disasters. . A photo posted by Nonprofit Organizations (@nonprofitorgs) on Oct 17, 2016 at 8:13am PDT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. The list of partner charities at launch include: US Fund for UNICEF. The Wilderness Society. Ronald McDonald House Charities. Jumpstart for Young Children. Feeding America. Do Something. The United Way. Mercy Corps. American Heart Association.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

With "The Rucksack", Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have actually managed to build an online community that works. We all want it. We know we need it. Making it happen?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

She's offering a special deal right now that if you buy her book, Zen Under Fire: A Story of Love and War in Afghanistan , you will receive 30 Days of Courage for free You'll notice when you click on the link for Zen Under Fire , that the book is only available from New Zealand at this time.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2024

During President Obamas call for corporate America to support returning service members from Iraq and Afghanistan, I felt personally compelled to act. One of my final roles as director of recruiting deeply influenced my career trajectory.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2010

I was excited about Fab-Fi , Fab Lab's name for the simple directional antennas they're using to build a mesh wireless network all over Jalalabad, Afghanistan. I wrote a blog post a few months ago about Fab Lab, a network of community-operated workshops springing up all over the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Brodsky documents the inside story of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). According to their site, "RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

Another contributor to the site is Natalia who has shared some compelling photos of children beggars in from Afghanistan. " There are links to several charities that provide support and assistance to children in developing countries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 16, 2008

Rather, it is a do-good adventure story of a former mountain climber who has spent almost 15 years building schools in remote mountain villages of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. education book Pakistan Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Hat tip to Beth's Blog for letting me know about Reader Appreciation Day.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Noble points out that perhaps since so many more people are aware of what’s going on in Ukraine, it can spotlight other countries like Afghanistan and Syria, and compel people to help support their efforts in those countries, too. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 1, 2009

One of GlobalGiving's "Mom Knows Best" projects like Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso or Fast Tracking Education for Women and Older Girls in Afghanistan. * . * Oxfam America Unwrapped and fund virtual gifts like a pair of school uniforms for $20 , or planting 50 trees for $30. *

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education. We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded. We must raise $1,000 to keep our classes going for another year.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Known for her efforts to advance women’s rights in Afghanistan, Zarifa experienced an untenable career in politics. In July 2018, at the of 26, Zarifa became one of the youngest mayors and as such emerged as a role model to women in Afghanistan. Zarifa Ghafari is an Afghan activist, politician and entrepreneur.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Students attending class in Turgani High School in Faizabad, the largest city of Badakhshan, a northern province of Afghanistan. . • Invest in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Photo credit: UNICEF. Take urgent action to protect children from climate change and slow the devastating rise in global temperatures.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2017

That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. According to Pew Research Center , more than 60 million people or nearly 1 in every 100 people on earth have been displaced from their homes. Why NGOs and Humanitarian Workers Need Technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2006

We got to talking, and she told me about a book she wrote about the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan , an underground organization working for women's rights in Afghanistan. A woman was in there putting the final touches on dinner. It was Anne Brodsky. books social change

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 30, 2021

It combines government data, public information, and other reliable records to give the most comprehensive virtual map of nonprofits from Afghanistan to Venezuela. GlobalGiving Atlas includes everything from government ID numbers, mission statements, and organization financials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. The examples are there, too. The Obama campaign, for one. The aforementioned Greater Greater Washington. They may be few, but it’s still early.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

They've also hosted some successful nonprofit campaigns: Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace raised over $10,000 on its Indiegogo campaign. This HealBe campaign has been an unfortunate event for Indiegogo's reputation.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We were astonished when hundreds of technologists used Open Collective to pool funds to help families get out of Afghanistan. Another is how funders like the Ford and Sloan Foundations have used our platform to facilitate millions of funding for digital infrastructure research.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Example: Sam came home from Afghanistan with PTSD that threatened his family, his job, and even his life. Consider lived experience and amplify community voice. Recognize that in the traditional Organization-Donor-Constituent triad there is now a 4 th component: Community.

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