Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices. Vital Voices works with extraordinary women leaders accelerating peace and prosperity in their communities. Gorilla Doctors provides life-saving medical care to mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. charity: water :: @ CharityWater.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

GPI (formerly the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World) uses journalism as a development tool to educate, employ and empower women, who produce high-quality local news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites social change. Cristi Hegranes Executive Director and Founder, Global Press Institute.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

And steps were taken to give Indigenous peoples and local communities a stronger voice in conservation matters. ” Chandler said deforestation in the Amazon has far-reaching impacts across South America, just as it does in the Congo Basin and other major biodiverse regions worldwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. Global Voices Bloggers Mentor Others. It's called Why Congo Matters.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Immediately after the earthquakes struck Haiti, the Ushahidi team adapted the platform for crisis reporting and mapping for the area.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2008

We make a huge effort to disseminate our news locally via radio partnerships, and other satellite partnerships, so that the people in the communities we serve are benefiting from our news first. Hopefully, the situation in the Congo resolves itself and doesn't cross the border into Rwanda, as it did in the '90s.

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MAY 23, 2006

Since then, the network has grown to include hundreds of members residing in the UK, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, China, and Canada. Use your voice! I traveled to Rwanda in December 2005-January 2006 and did field work with Never Again-Rwanda. After you have done your research, don’t keep it to yourself.

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