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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo.

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Using Video for Women's Empowerment in Rural India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I recently learned about an nonprofit organization in India dedicated to using video to help alleviate poverty and accelerate social change in the developing world. In looking at some of the project examples , I found several that focus on women's empowerment and rights in India. The organization is called Video Volunteers.

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WORTH Trust Solves Tech Woes to Help More Kids in India

Tech Soup

India is home to 70 million people with different needs and abilities. WORTH, which stands for Workshop for Rehabilitation and Training of the Handicapped, aims to create opportunities for vocational training and avenues for employment for people with different needs in India.

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What is your “Individual Social Responsibility (ISR)?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. The man denied it and left.

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The Dragonfly Effect: Win A Copy, Leave A Comment, Swab Your Cheek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was my birthday and the culmination of a campaign to raise money for Cambodian children that I used an action learning project for the students. We actually eat chocolate in class as part of the exercise! Employ empowerment marketing. Tell your story. Act, then think. Design for collaboration. Measure one metric.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Community Technology Centres for Children And Young Adults in Low and Moderate Income Communities in Madurai India. Prevent Human Trafficking Using Technology To Tell Stories of Empowerment and Successful Micro Philthanthropy. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Creative Commons suggests. Aspiration's Social Source Commons.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

Have Fun - Do Good

So women cook, clean and take care of their children, and these are all uncompensated activities. Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets.

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