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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.

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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. CACRC suddenly became the most famous refurbisher in the country.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I think my favorite example of that is a women's group from the highlands of Bolivia who wrote to us maybe seven or eight years ago.

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Malaysia is looking to data centers to boost its economy, but experts warn of risks

Fast Company Tech

” She compared data extraction to silver mining in Bolivia, which enriched colonial Spain but left nothing behind for Latin America. That’s costly to build in rich nations like the U.S., “Add data centers on top of that, it just becomes much more challenging,” he said.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it

Fast Company Tech

’s only rare earth materials producer), China secured major rare earth mineral mines all around the world, from Chile and Bolivias lithium to cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has warned that delays in sourcing these materials could compromise national security. As the U.S. China decides who gets whatand when.

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