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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

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DC Metblogger Flickr Photo. Almost exactly two years ago, the One Laptop Per Child launched. But when I realized it would take a long time before a small NGO working in a country, like say, Cambodia, might be able to purchase a small number of them (less than 100) to outfit a school, I was disappointed.

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Tech and NGO T-Shirts for Cambodia

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Click To Play Whenever I've travel over to Cambodia, I have the opportunity to check two large suitcases up to 70 pounds each. Since I could not visit Cambodia without carrying over some items for the Sharing Foundation, I had a third checked piece of luggage, a portable crib for orphanage. So, I apologize if I missed any.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

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This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Photo by Be Chandra. Training Design'

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Lessons Learned About Social Networks and Fundraising from Cambodia Campaign on ChipIn

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Photo by Shel Israel. I am sitting here amazed that we were able to meet the campaign goal for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in about week's time. She suggested that if anyone didn't want to pack their t-shirts, that I would be happy to take them to Cambodia. I want to thank Carnet Williams and ChipIn for the challenge match!

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Congratulations Mean Lux on Your Promotion!

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Flickr Photo. Mean Lux is a blogger in Cambodia and was one of the organizers of the Cambodia Bloggers Summer last August. He's a supporter (in spirit) of the Sharing Foundation's work - they don't use credit cards in Cambodia and so can't use the Global Giving page ).

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Video Blogging in Rural Cambodian Province

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Photo by MeanLux. and video blogging workshops in Cambodia. Mean Lux emailed to let me know that they had taken the cameras up to a Youth Festival and Training in a remote corner of Cambodia called Pursat! Viirak (the guy behind the stickered laptop ) and Be Chantra were there to help. Meanwhile, enjoy these photos.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

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One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. Here's where the coffee cup photos enter.

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