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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Last weekend I met Canadian filmmaker Sylvain l'Esperance, whose wonderful documentary about life in the Niger Inland Delta region of Mali was showing at the Toronto Hot Docs film festival. To we technologically inclined folks this may seem obvious, but not everyone sees it.

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Ally Shares Her Experience in Program

ASU Lodestar Center

My name means River; it is the capital and largest city in the West African country Niger. posted by Niamey Thomas Class 12 Public Ally. My name is Niamey Thomas. My name represents the essence of power, strength and peace, which I try to embody every day. I am Black and Mexican and I am a creator.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

What started out as a personal art project has grown into a global community project that has created over 800 handmade cards carrying voices to and from the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Costa Rica, Niger, Namibia, America, Haiti and Afghanistan.

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

In partnership with Orange France and Emmaus International, Clic Vert has developed electronics recycling and refurbishment workshops in Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Madagascar, and Togo to organize the collection and repair of used mobile phones.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

Since 2005, the organization has sent more than 17,000 computers and mobile phones to schools, small businesses, and NGOs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Madagascar, and Niger. spanhidden. greentech electronics waste mobile phone Recycled and Refurbished Computers mobile phones event'

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Report: Conflict Has 114 Million People Displaced

The NonProfit Times

Gabon and Niger had military coups in 2023, completing a “coup belt” that stretches coast-to-coast across Africa, according to the report’s authors. The proportion of people living in countries with closed civic space, 30.6%, is the highest in years. In countries that have recently undergone military coups, army rule has consolidated.