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Foko Madagascar: It Takes A Village To Raise An Idea

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. They project has several components, including: Foko Blog Club is teaching young people in Madagascar blogging skills (See photo above). s development.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

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The organization collects office waste discards nationally. ADB's project with Orange France, for instance, includes a national collection program. ADB's work is in three main areas: Local. ADB supplies French charities with low-cost refurbished hardware and software product donations through its TechSoup Solidatech Program.

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Constituent Empowerment, as old as Lady Liberty

Connection Cafe

Of course we saw Central Park and the Zoo therein, to see if the animals from Madagascar were hanging out, and we saw FAO Schwartz and Times Square and the Empire State Building. The French government extended the gift of the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876, in recognition of our first 100 years as a nation.

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Why You Didn't Hear About Cyclone Ivan's Destruction in Madagascar and How To Help Support Relief Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Once again, Madagascar is reeling. Once again, it's cyclone season in the southern hemisphere.

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Guest Post: World Maker Faire and the New York Hall of Science: Radical Trust

Museum 2.0

If you do something great and exciting for families in Queens, you are going to get a virtual United Nations of visitors. We also met with key members of the maker community in New York and nationally. This was the beginning of what I think was one of the primary benefits of Maker Faire to NYSCI. We want that for our visitors.