Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field. It’s this kind of problem that the global treaty is designed to solve.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts. According to the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Seven Billion Actions. Seven Billion Actions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Learn How Your NGO Can Use Adobe Spark and Other Storytelling Tools. Ilorin, Nigeria: Recession: Reviving the Nation's Economy Through Technology. Genève, Switzerland: Do-camp: Hackaton UX Design — Responsibility.digi­tal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ).

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