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Patreon suspends NGO account collecting money for Ukrainian military

The Verge

Patreon says it’s suspended the crowdfunding page for “Come Back Alive,” a Ukrainian NGO that was collecting money to support the the country’s military in response to Russian aggression. The Ukrainian government itself is also soliciting donations directly to help with its war effort. Screenshot: Patreon.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China.

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Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.". During the Putin years, charities faced many hardships and crackdowns by government authorities, but the past decade has also seen the growth of a middle class as well as the birth of an ultra-rich class and the foundation sector.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. So far, their attempts to work with government transportation authorities have failed. There are no apps yet for U.S.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Today marks exactly one year since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal of Ukraine. This week, a majority of the members of the United Nations reiterated its demand that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine and called for a cessation of hostilities”.

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Senators Urged To Protect NGOs Via Systems, Staffing, Sanctions

The NonProfit Times

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. Repressive regimes around the world have realized they can use legislation to give oppressing nonprofits and other NGOs the veneer of legality, the witnesses attested.

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Secretary of State Rubio says 83% of USAID programs are canceled

Fast Company Tech

foreign aid and development, executed by Trump political appointees at State and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency teams. Rubio made the announcement in a post on X, in one of his relatively few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. aid and development work abroad.

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