Have Fun - Do Good
DECEMBER 27, 2006
"There have been many accounts of studying people from other cultures, but few of actually being friends with them. By the third page of Monique and the Mango Rains, you know that Monique, a midwife in Mali, will die in childbirth. midwife mali women Peace Corps friendship
NTEN
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
You’ll likely also have to work on changing the culture of the organization to think more about working within the CRM system as part of their daily work rather than treating it as a back-end database where people enter information into as time allows. Most people don't like change, and adapting to this sort of CRM system is a big change.
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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
JANUARY 20, 2007
When Doria and I were in Mali earlier this month, we found that our nephew Fodé Camara had started to work with a group called Siguida Keneyali - Health in Our Homes - an organization working to improve health in Sikoroni, the poorest Quartier in Bamako.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 8, 2007
In December I wrote a book review of Monique and the Mango Rains , the story of a Peace Corps worker's two years working with a midwife in Mali. Below is an e-interview with another woman making a difference in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, one of two US coordinators of the Sigida Keneyali Project. What is the biggest challenge of your work?
NTEN
AUGUST 25, 2009
Given the difficulty in unpacking all of the socio-economic, cultural, political, educational, and other mutually-reinforcing components of digital inequality, simple metaphors can't carry the weight. Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool.
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2006
Well, for one thing, planning a trip over the holidays to Morocco and Mali. Rebecca's husband is from nearby Guinea, so we're counting on getting a good introduction to West African culture - especially music. There's so much going on my blogging has just gone by the wayside. Let's get back on track. What have I been up to?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
In person, I’ve met Clay Shirky himself, Tim Maly , Robin Sloan , and at least 10 more — and I’ve edited dozens of folks that I know exclusively through the service. .&# But the thing about Twitter, at least for me, is that I *end up* meeting the people that I interact with most closely.
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