Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. 4) What is your best piece of fundraising and online communication advice for Kenya NGOs when it comes to raising money through crowdfunding?

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

Care and protection of children account for 26% of grant dollars. Children. The care and protection of children account for 30% of grants and 26% of dollar value. This analysis and the giving it’s based on is happening in real time. Women and girls account for 3% of grant dollars. Population. 249,834,336. 214,611,350.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

Mattel company spokesman Alan Hilowitz told HealthPop that the company will produce a friend of Barbie that will have wigs, hats, scarves and other accessories to give children "a traditional fashion play experience." The deadline to vote is noon (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 2nd.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Thus, in time for the year-end fundraising season, below are 20 stats about fundraising and social media that every nonprofit needs to know. Matures and Baby Boomers donate most often to places of worship while Gen X and Millennials donate most often to children and youth development. Source: Maximillion. Source: Classy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2011

When tough economic times hit, it's often those on the lowest rungs of the income ladder who suffer the most. What would that mean for people like Maria and her three children who had no health-care coverage? This post originally appeared on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog and was authored by TechSoup's Erica Scheidt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I've been behind on my reading and blogging due to craziness at work and issues that needed to be attended to with children (don't ask). I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. NGO/NPTECH Web2.0 NGO/NPTECH Web2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. This time I wanted to feature NGOs around the world that are making a humanitarian impact internationally across several countries. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up. Stay tuned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

We promised the monk that we would hold Cambodia in our hearts and travel back with our children to their birth country when they were old enough to appreciate it. That time was earlier this month. This post focuses on the work of several NGOs, most importantly, the Sharing Foundation , that cares for children in Cambodia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

“Abrace o Brasil” is an online fundraising campaign in partnership with Brazil Foundation that gathers 100+ Brazilian nonprofits to crowdfund at the same time. 42% are most inspired to give by social media, email (18%), and an NGO’s website (18%). 47% of donors in Brazil volunteer. 47% attend fundraising events.

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Brazil Trend Giving Social 124

Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. Has Invisible Children been transparent? Is this responsible social change?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

We received more than 600 submissions from 35+ countries, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for the first time. Imagine children around the United States learning mindfulness. Then imagine how this teaching can impact children's lives, transforming their journey through life. This is a powerful idea.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

One of these projects is Hope Village, which provides care for orphan children with HIV in Malawi. The village is currently home to 30 children infected with HIV, who receive the proper care they need to survive and thrive, despite their illness. She has been able to will this global NGO into fruition from her kitchen table.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Children and Education. Kliptown Youth Programme provides after-school activities and educational support to disadvantaged children from the Kliptown area. Heaven Children's Haven gives full-time support and counseling to children in care of social services. About SANGONet.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia. The technology is shipped directly to the local NGO.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

The children who had access to education from an early stage of life had the best results. As a result, OvidiuRo decided to focus on helping preschool children through early education. "These people want to educate their children and are willing to walk daily a few kilometers by foot to bring their kids to kindergarten.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

The children who had access to education from an early stage of life had the best results. As a result, OvidiuRo decided to focus on helping preschool children through early education. "These people want to educate their children and are willing to walk daily a few kilometers by foot to bring their kids to kindergarten.

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Romania Children Skype Calendar 36

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. We realized that a lot of times, we want a way to help an organization, but don’t know how. Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

For example, the Surf Excel India's Back to School Campaign reached out to needy children who go to learning centers and schools run by NGOs. Their Facebook campaign page engaged more than 800,000 fans during the campaign and sensitized them to the needs of poor children. We are thrilled to be associated with it."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

Other programs include a school for the speech- and hearing-impaired and a day-care center for children with intellectual challenges. With this unique cross-subsidy model, WORTH aims to mainstream children like Arjun by providing them with training and employment. Technology Helps WORTH Increase Efficiency and Save Time.

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India Help Tech Children 36

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

People simply choose a country of interest (such as China or Thailand) and an area of interest (such as education or the environment) and find a list of vetted opportunities to which they can donate money or give their time. I’ve been watching volunteer opportunities related to technology and am so excited to jump in!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

For the Packard Foundation OE Program, the first step to share their internal thinking and resources with their NGO, capacity building, and funding partners. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

The timing of the mid-December notice, when many nonprofits are knee-deep in end-of-year giving campaigns and then holiday breaks, made it especially easy to overlook the changes required. Ads for terms like ‘movies’ or ‘children’ are common in accounts looking for broad awareness,” Michelle pointed out. Minimum of 2 ads per group.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The children were simply delightful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

They partner with a range of NGOs to create an ongoing community video unit to support the NGO's programs by placing a full-time trainer in the NGO for a one-year period. At the end of the year, the NGO has the skills and capacity to continue producing community videos.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 26, 2023

With Marketing Cloud Customer Data Platform , Save the Children (STC) saw an opportunity to completely revolutionize their data management strategy in service of their mission. STC works around the world and around the clock to save children’s lives and protect them from harm — and that’s not a small task.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

Due to the incredible response we received the last time we brought together leading nonprofit experts to share their best fundraising insights, we decided to do it again! By Madeline Turner : A lover of words, fellow middle children, bold ideas, and Thai food. By Andrew Shoaff : Passionate about the NGO community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2006

Many children in Cambodia do not go to school because their families lack the $10 for a uniform, required for school attendance, and other school supplies. This year we could more than double the number of uniforms we provide to children in Cambodia, including some for HIV children's group homes. Here's how it works: Yahoo!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

recent security lapse will be rolled out at every seminar and conference for the next three years to warn small children, sorry, prospective users of cloud services, of the cloud’s inherent insecurity. " And at the Same Time, There's More to Consider. One of the biggest is security. "No doubt Dropbox’s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

In Roteang Village, where the Sharing Foundation has programs that help over 1,500 children each and every day, there was a birthday bash at the orphanage for the 70 plus children. Many children in Cambodia do not go to school because their families lack the $10 for a uniform, required for school attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

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. So, maybe they will make it easier for people who want to support specific schools and children.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

His first race was dedicated to raising money for the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT). This includes approximately 200 deaths of young children every year. But then you'd have to get up the next day and run another 25 miles (or more). Would you do it for charity?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 26, 2006

MOMS is a grassroots movement of pregnant women, nursing mothers, and other caregivers who are concerned about the threat that environmental contaminants pose to our unborn and nursing children. Even though mothers are a pretty busy group of folks, they still make the time to get involved in advocacy work and I find that really inspiring.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Caitlin tells it like it is--the nitty gritty of starting up an NGO, and why she believes it is important to help the people you are serving to create the change they want to see, not to create the change for them. The biggest challenge is definitely the fact that an “NGO” in Mali is seen as a “waritigi” (money owner).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

It is a partnership of UN agencies, NGOs, businesses, schools, universities, communities and individuals who all believe that we can work together to end child hunger. From their annual global Walk the World to educating decision makers on the importance of well nourished children. The main focus is raising awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2007

Imagine Bob Dylan song in the background, "the times they are a changin." He talked about the difference between his Wired readers and NY Times (wildly paraphrasing here). I've been interested in the issues around ngo organizational adoption of web2.0 It was a late afternoon session and I was brain dead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. She lived in China for 8 months with her 2 young children. Ali is the Founder of AVIF (ABLe Volunteers International Fund).

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