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The water at these schools comes almost entirely from rain

Fast Company Tech

At a remote elementary school in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, until recently, access to safe drinking water was a daily challenge. Like other communities in the country, the area struggled with water contamination because of the lack of modern sewage infrastructure. Children often got sick from drinking the water. he says.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

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. They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia.

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A Veteran's Day Reflection on Temporal Community

ASU Lodestar Center

I’d been watching the parade for an hour or so when a unit of Vietnam War era soldiers marched past. He marched on and I walked home feeling part of a community I’d left 40 years ago. Communities are funny things. As an academic I teach the “three conditions” that are required for a community to exist.

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Southeast Asia insurtech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M

TechCrunch

Igloo , a Singapore-based insurtech focused on underserved communities in Southeast Asia, announced it has raised a Series B extension of $27 million, bringing the round’s total to $46 million. Igloo currently works with 20 global, regional and local insurers across Southeast Asia.

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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round

TechCrunch

While working in IT, Felix Ayque began compiling cyclone reports and sending them as email alerts to communities. Founded in 2019, Komunidad has clients in the Philippines, India, Cambodia and Vietnam, and serves multiple sectors, including utilities, agriculture, mining, education, local governments and business outsourcing centers.

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Employment Hero gets $140M AUD Series E led by Insight Partners, grows valuation to $800M AUD

TechCrunch

Employment Hero began entering new markets in October 2020, launching localized versions of the platform in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore. After that, it plans to localize Employment Hero for Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement

The Verge

For many Canadians, it’s an overdue end to a chaotic protest that has stifled trade and brought alarming weaponry into otherwise quiet communities. Almost all of that infrastructure pre-dates the convoy itself, drawing from anti-vaxx groups, QAnon, and other fringe communities. Again, they’re not on the same page.”.

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