Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

20% of profits from Gorilla Conservation Coffee goes to help conserve critically endangered gorillas and their fragile habitat in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Ethically sourced tea from Certified Elephant Friendly Tea farms that help avoid human/elephant conflict by providing safe passage for elephants.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

From capturing the stories of human rights violations in Guatemala, Burma, Syria and Uganda, to helping a biologist plan a better restoration of a wetlands, or matching up an open source geek with the social good project of his or her dreams, Benetech’s team is using technology to make the world a better place.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. Robert Kibaya is our veteran volunteer in Uganda, where he helped found and supports five NetSquared groups. My wife Florence and our four-month old son, Jotham, live in Mukono, Uganda near Lake Victoria.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

Kristen Cibelli is on her way to Uganda right now. Patrick Ball is in Colombia for most of the next three months teaching the techniques of human rights statistics and information processing at the National University there. Africa is definitely getting more attention from us.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2015

Alongside Africa is a tiny nonprofit: half a dozen people generally working from their homes in the UK to support an even smaller handful based across Uganda. "There are very few landlines in Uganda, and it is very expensive to call from here to mobiles. The nonprofit's mission and ethos is very specific.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 18, 2011

We've been honored to support J-FLAG in their work, and we believe that our work with J-FLAG has helped lead to our new major project helping LGBT groups in Uganda and other African countries. Jamaican lawyer and activist Maurice Tomlinson of J-FLAG will be recognized next month.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The documentation projects of our partners in Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have yielded so far six high-quality publications or reports about violations against LGBTI individuals in their communities.

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See3

JUNE 10, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.War/Dance Trailer | 2:31 WarDancetheMovie.com War/Dance, nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, follows three children living in the remote northern Uganda refugee camp, which is under military protection from the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

She is conducting an evaluation of a reproductive health voucher program in Uganda and Cambodia as part of her dissertation, and she co-instructs the International Maternal and Child Health Seminar, and the Maternal and Child Health Core course at UC Berkeley. Carinne Brody is a doctoral candidate in public health at UC Berkeley.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 12, 2010

Like you, the contributors are from a vast array of places in the world from Stockholm, Brussels, and London to Thailand, Australia, and Uganda, and include Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, NYC, Los Angeles, Houston, Cleveland, Chicago, and Boston. I expect that you, the viewers and participants, are a wide range of people too.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Mukono, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Adobe Spark: Storytelling That Matters. Kampala, Uganda: Teaching Youths the Dangers of the Internet. Gulu, Uganda: Adobe Spark Digital Storytelling. Mukono, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Africa and Middle East.

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Care2

MARCH 18, 2012

“The campaign prompted discussion online and here in the US about KONY, although hardly anyone in Uganda is talking about him. If you want the facts about dates, see this post by African blogger, journalist, and researcher, Angelo Op-Aiya Izama from Uganda. KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency by Beth Kanter.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

As one of our partners from an LGBT group in Uganda noted last year, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.” The technology and training Benetech provides keep human rights defenders safe and have become critically important in larger efforts to pursue reform, seek justice, and begin the process of reconciliation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

At the moment, their work is focused in Uganda. One Mango Tree uses a fair trade model to provide income-generating opportunities for women in impoverished and conflict areas around the globe. In addition to working on One Mango Tree, Halle often works as a development consultant focused on economic development in conflict areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Reeta Roy , president and CEO of the MasterCard Foundation, is sending tweets from her site visit to Uganda and Kenya. Reeta is currently in Uganda, where she’s learning first-hand about the Foundation’s partnerships and programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The award will enable us to increase the capacity of local human rights organizations in Uganda and key Southern African countries to sustain a long-term monitoring and documentation effort. We’re delighted about the opportunity to advance the strategic goals of local NGOs working to end discrimination against LGBTI people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 23, 2012

At the moment, their work is focused in Uganda. One Mango Tree is a clothing company that uses a fair trade model to provide income-generating opportunities for women in impoverished and conflict areas around the globe. Halle asked me if I'd like to share a special discount with you this month, and I said sure!

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

Bottom line - millions of people who had never even heard of Joseph Kony, or the brutal civil war that the people of Uganda have endured for years are finally learning about it, and listening. The mainstream press and niche blogs are adding their viewpoints to the story as well.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Mukono, Uganda. NetSquared Uganda Safer Internet Day. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Communit­y. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Communit­y. Thursday, October 16, 2014. Busia, Kenya.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Mukono, Uganda: First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary School. Mukuno, Uganda: First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Kampala, Uganda: Introduction to Online Fundraising. Kampala, Uganda: Cloud Computing for Nonprofits. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Mukono, Uganda: Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Mukono, Uganda. Mukono, Uganda. Mukono, Uganda: Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Mukono, Uganda.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

However, many people in Northern Uganda (who this was ultimately about helping) felt that it over simplified the impact Kony had on millions of people in the region. It also portrayed the Americans need to “come in and save the day” because Northern Uganda could not take care of its own country and people.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 27, 2008

IT nonprofit looks into operating in Uganda - Network World: "Close the Gap, an international nonprofit aimed at reducing the digital divide, has u".

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The grant will support five research projects undertaken by refugee-led organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda to generate actionable insights and practical solutions to advance self-reliance. RSRI has also launched a grant opportunity to elevate refugee-led research and refugee perspectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

The campaign prompted discussion online and here in the US about KONY, although hardly anyone in Uganda is talking about him. The issue is complex. The KONY video simplified it, but left out important facts. Is that responsible social change? For responsible social change, you need transparency.

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AFP Blog

JULY 14, 2009

For Uganda's poor, a cellular connection | Wireless - CNET News: "n a place where cell phones could outnumber light bulbs, several nonprofits have begun thinking that the best way to reach the country's poor and get them much needed information is through their phones.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

The media questioned the $700K production video budget, the accuracy of some of the content, the idea that Uganda needs the American’s to come in and save them, and of course the ultimate goal of the campaign. Of course nonprofit’s also witnessed the downside of the Kony 2012 video success.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 4, 2012

In less than 2 months, the YouTube video has gained over 100 million views and educated millions about the crimes of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The project is under the visionary leadership of Cheryl Francisconi who is the director of IIE’s office in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and has vast expertise in developing, designing, and implementing transformative leadership programs for several decades.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2 Uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2 Uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2 Uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2 Uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2 Uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2 Uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It is hard to express in one blog my entire week-long experience with nonprofit leaders from Japan, Syria, Uganda, Nigeria and different parts of the United States at the American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 at the Aspen Institute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. While video can be expensive to produce, it can also produce large returns. One way to make video more affordable is to reuse existing assets.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Inaugural Text Messaging Competition Selects Non-Profit Winners From Kenya, Uganda, Mexico and Azerbaijan: "The inaugural nGOmobile competition ran for three months from October 2007, and was aimed exclusively at grassroots non-profit Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working for positive social and environmental change.

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

million people [PDF] Nyaka , Michigan/Uganda: Releases first full-length documentary – award winning, truth-telling, INSPIRING, and streaming free [VIDEO-40 min] What are you up to? Let us know and we’ll give you a shout out, too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Communit­y. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Communit­y. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Saturday, December 6, 2014. Busia, Kenya: Net2kenya Regional Event.

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