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Practitioners from Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Nigeria discuss digital economic development for underserved communities at Shanghai’s INCLUSION Conference

TechNode

The three guests individually presented insights into their local markets and the varied challenges involved in developing the digital economy. bKash has played a significant role in promoting financial inclusion in Bangladesh, especially among the unbanked population. No matter how easy that is, they feel more comfortable with cash.

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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. Our Local Impact Map. It first works with local community people to see what its children need and then tailors programs that are specific to that locale.

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Blog Action Day: Can One Person Make A Difference? Challenging Poverty With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  The event will certainly spread awareness of the issue. He chronicled his story and work in Bangladesh using social media tools and engaging story telling techniques.    Check out what  the Austin area social media activists are doing to raise awareness about hunger and poverty in their local community. 

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

WHO And here’s a picture of a very happy lad, Mithu, in Bangladesh, proud of his improved pit latrine. Girl Up gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls.

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Solutionary Women: Anna Lappé of Grub

Have Fun - Do Good

Anna: "Grub" is our word for food that's local, that's sustainable, and that's grown with fairness from all along the way, from the seed to the table. So "grub" became our kind of catchall term for those three things, for kind of the values of local, of sustainable, and of fairness.

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A Round Up of Food Charities and Causes to Fight Hunger

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The victims of Cyclone Sidr in the southwestern region of Bangladesh have immediate needs for relief items, including food and non-food items, emergency shelter, basic health care, clean water and more. The Hunger Site promotes ways to help prevent hunger deaths every day and to help promote awareness through easy and quick online activities.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

July 25, 2023 ChatGPT for Android is now available in the US, India, Bangladesh and Brazil A few days after putting up a preorder page on Google Play, OpenAI has flipped the switch and released ChatGPT for Android. based company to stop processing locals’ data. The app is now live in a handful of countries.

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