TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

On a clear afternoon, Laxmi (name changed) was sitting in her office in Gujarat, India, when she received a message from her distant relative, saying that they received some of her “morphed” nude photos from multiple phone numbers on WhatsApp along with a text that reads, “loan thief.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

4) China currently has the highest population in the world, however, by 2050 India will be the most populated country at 1,676 million (compared to China’s 1,387 million). Source: United Nations Population Fund. In the coming decades as wealth rises in Asia, so will philanthropy and with it a second wave of online activism and giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

He lives in India. He treats little children born with congenital heart defects. Ten years later, Dr.Mani's team has raised over $100,000 and funded heart surgery in 23 children, with many more to follow. Mani was introduced to the Sharing Foundation and became a donor to the America's Giving Challenge campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Wildlife SOS – India. SOS Children’s Villages – USA. I’ve also had the good fortune to meet Heather as she regularly travels across the continents to teach NGOs about how to effectively use mobile and social media. No doubt Mobile for Good will also become invaluable to NGOs worldwide.” ” Vinay Datla.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Since then, we have published and shipped over 8.5

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2010

"Americans think it takes a lot of money to make a difference," according to Rajesh Haridas, chief operating officer of Vibha , an almost entirely volunteer-run organization that aims to improve the lives of underprivileged youth in India and elsewhere. read more.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

accelerator and brought on two venture partners to help oversee its India investments. Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Curious Hat: mobile exploration tools for curious children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I shared the story of how Pratham Books used Twitter to help get children's books to children in rural India. Tags: india. I suggested that social media tools can be valuable in connecting professionals working in a particular field or cluster of NGOS with one another.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. For our fictitious story, the plot is that many children only eat one meal a day — dinner. For example, our plot is that many children eat one meal a day and do poorly in school. Setting: This is where your story happens. Your donation of $7.32

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Creative Galileo keeps children hooked by adding in their favorite cartoon characters. The app is currently most active in India, where it says it has seen about seven million downloads. During that time, when interacting with children and parents, I came to the realization that there was a major learning crisis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

She noted that each year the Foundation gathers government policymakers from its three target regions (West Africa, East Africa, and India) to discuss best practices in cost-effective interventions in education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Photo by Pratham Books: Snapshots from Bookaroo 2010 : Children's Literature Festival. I first discovered the organization about a year ago when I taught some workshops in India. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

That’s important when you’re selling an affordable computer, and it’s especially important when you’re selling an accessible device to help children learn to code. It’s not just children learning to code to whom the company wants to sell Pi 400s. The Pi 400 is meant for children, adults, and even businesses.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Goodwater Capital and Epiq Capital as well as existing investors Learn Capital, CM Ventures, Lightspeed India and Better Capital also participated in the round, he said. It also offers its ed-infra service to institutes and said over 4,000 such institutions in India and overseas are using it. Teachmint declined the offer.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Pakistani children are less likely to go to school for each kilometer of distance between school and their home — with girls being four times affected, Maqsad co-founder Aziz said. India’s UpGrad enters unicorn club with $185 million fundraise. Maqsad announced today its $2.1

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To provide sustainable transformation in the lives of poor children and provide emergency relief that assists people afflicted by conflict or disaster. Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo. United Kingdom.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Also going into effect in 2023 is the UK’s Online Safety bill , which will require online platforms to keep children from harm, as well as promptly address abusive content. But now, Davis says that Meta wants to “get this right,” so the company plans on delaying the feature’s debut until 2023.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

Here's the text of my article: My good friend from India, Joe Madiath, bumps into another man at a Davos party thrown by the Egyptians. The idea that a social entrepreneur serving the poorest of the poor in India might bump into a world famous politician is not a surprise here at the World Economic Forum. They say hi and shake hands.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“We take edtech to the masses of India. And when we do that, the idea is that you make it cheap enough, affordable enough for people to be able to take it for their children,” said Pallav Pandey, chief executive of Uolo, in an interview with TechCrunch. India’s Uolo raises $22.5M million students.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

However, Indian law prohibits the disclosure of the identities of children and sexual assault victims. According to a notice posted on the Lumen database, India’s National Commission for Protection of Child Rights requested Twitter take action. On August 10th, the government determined that Twitter was in compliance with the rules.

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Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Here are some of the campaigns run with Donorbox: Some of the kids helped through the Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Bangalore, India. million through the Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. Charles’ fundraiser for Truthout.org.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, India’s most valuable , said on Monday its sales people no longer visit students’ homes to pitch to their parents. Instead, the entire sales workforce now works from inside the office and reaches out virtually to only those whose children have shown a clear interest in subscribing to the platform.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Getting children to school safely and reliably is a challenge as old as public education itself. Ritu Narayan was working as a product executive at eBay when her two children began attending school. ” Bearing in mind that her mother in India had set aside a career to raise Narayan and her three siblings, she founded Z? .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

India’s online learning platform Unacademy raises $150 million at $1.45 And in September, Outschool raised $45 million (and is now profitable); Homer raised $50 million (from an impressive group of strategic backers); Unacademy raised $150 million and the juggernaut that is Byju’s picked up $500 million from Silver Lake.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. Our BigTech program is run by our local partner, the NASSCOM Foundation in India. million NGOs in India. According to the Indian Central Statistical Office, there are 3.3

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The recent Indian copyright amendment that creates an exception similar to Section 121 in the United States, which makes it possible for us to set up a Bookshare-style crowd-sourced library in India with local partner NGOs. Digital signatures for parents/guardians wanting to sign up their children with disabilities for Bookshare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2006

Sheela Patel of SPARC in Mumbai, India, and I talked about IT needs for her communities: the poor. She also explained that the illiterate poor women she serves are more committed to literacy for their children than for themselves. Sounded like she needs something I've seen in Brazil, and so I hope to make the connection.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 31, 2006

They are definitely tackling market failure in the publishing industry: in Nepal they are now the second largest publisher of children's books in Nepali. Rodrigo Baggio (of CDI in Brazil) and I are trying to find more time together since we're both in the IT space: we know there's a joint project here somewhere. and more.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Without education, Dalit children continue in the same generational work as their parents, which is generally street sweepers, leather workers, garbage workers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Obstacles abroad : Amazon faces some tough competition in India, and Manish reports that has presented some challenges in the e-commerce giant’s ability to gain a more prominent foothold in the country. Social media and privacy don’t often go hand in hand, especially when children can see a lot on the internet already. Startups and VC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

In addition to being gifted musically, Malkin is also the newest youth ambassador of Save the Children , an institution that serves children in need in around the world. He mentioned developments in the technology – like the $35 tablet in India – that are getting many more people who were left out connected.

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