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How Nonprofits Can Steward Corporate Donors on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Because of the ingenuity of GFN’s corporate donors, a Colombian hunger-relief organization – Banco de Alimentos Bogotá, a member of the national food bank network system, Asocación de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia – was able to distribute a large quantity of high-value groceries.

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UBITS snags $25M to create ‘the Netflix for corporate training’ in LatAm

TechCrunch

Julián Melo and Marta Forero founded UBITS in Bogota, Colombia, in 2018 after the pair came up with the idea of “creating the Netflix for corporate training for LatAm.” They applied to Y Combinator, raised a seed round and went back to Colombia to create a program and courses that launched in January 2019. “In

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Henry picks up cash to be a Lambda School for Latin America

TechCrunch

Henry has created an online computer science school that trains software developers from low-income backgrounds to understand technical skills and get employed. It’s very exclusive, very expensive, and has very low impact skills. which focuses on software developer skills. The Henry team.

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Dancing for Peace: Big Vision Podcast with Sara Potler

Have Fun - Do Good

Dance 4 Peace is a conflict resolution, and civic education program that promotes empathy, understanding, mediation skills, anger management, and emotional and civic engagement through dance in youth around the world. Dance 4 Peace began in Bogotá, Colombia as part of Sara's Fulbright Scholarship project in 2007.

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Orchata raises $4M, aims to build a ‘Gopuff for Latin America’

TechCrunch

After honing his startup skills in San Francisco, he returned to Mexico with the idea of building a software company. Garcia is also eyeing Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Chile for future expansion. Luis Mario Garcia grew up in Mexico making deliveries for the grocery stores in his neighborhood. billion valuation in a round led by T.

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Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do

The Verge

Facebook’s researchers have outlined a series of skills it wants these systems to develop, including “episodic memory” (answering questions like “where did I leave my keys?”) We’ve open up the eyes of these AI systems to more than just kitchens in the UK and Sicily, but [to footage from] Saudi Arabia, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Colombia.”.

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Uber vet raises $5.2M for blue-collar logistics marketplace

TechCrunch

and Colombia, including Amazon, NASCAR, Weee!, Shift One works with a range of skill levels, from entry-level employees to supervisors and warehouse managers. Since formally launching in 2019, Shift One has grown to have 25,000 workers on its platform — many of whom it says were unemployed at the time of hire.