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Record Revenue, Double Digit Hike For GivingTuesday

The NonProfit Times

This year Benin, Bolivia, Denmark, Panama, and Sri Lanka launched national GivingTuesday movements, and GivingTuesday launched its Europe Hub, which joins the Africa, India, Latin America & the Caribbean, and U.S. & Participants who volunteered in the U.S. was estimated at 9.2 was estimated at 16.6 million, a 17% jump.

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Bolivians turn to Starlink smuggling amid slow internet and limited coverage

TechSpot

In a world increasingly reliant on high-speed internet, Bolivia finds itself at a crossroads. The South American nation, known for its diverse landscapes and rich cultural heritage, is grappling with a significant technological challenge: providing reliable and fast internet access to its population of 12 million. Read Entire Article

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Yummy raises $4M, aims to be ‘super app of Venezuela’

TechCrunch

Now Vicente and the rest of the Yummy team will expand into more traditional markets with the necessary experience and support to overcome inevitable challenges that they will face.”. Over the past eight years, the political and economic challenges faced by the country have led to its recent adoption of the U.S. dollar, Zavarce said.

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General Motors strikes a deal to source lithium in the US for its electric car batteries

The Verge

Most of the world’s lithium comes from two places: lithium brine deposits in South America’s “lithium triangle” of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia; and hard-rock deposits in Australia. But its a sign that GM is trying to think holistically about the challenge of becoming an EV-only company by 2035. It’s a risky bet by GM.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

After she co-founded the Foundation For Friends of Nature in Bolivia, a million acres of natural habitat were put in to public trust. Coming Back Home and a Challenge of a Lifetime. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

We work in partnership with them because we really believe it is a very powerful opportunity to understand a community, and environmental challenges, and social justice challenges, by looking through the lens of women, women's experiences.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

In order to decide on this topic, we asked our community to submit challenges. Before her time in Sacramento she worked for environmental NGOs throughout Arizona, California, and Bolivia. His expertise covers the spectrum of challenges faced by today’s nonprofit by helping them innovate and drive transformation.

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