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Step and Stare
dai qianwen | June 23
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Gedaref - Sudan Smart Schools for bridging the Digital Divide
ahmed eisa | February 1
Gedaref Digital City Organization GDCO is one of the civil society organizations NGOs in Gedaref State (SUDAN) its mission aims towards enabling people to reach and cope with the electronic era. Using information technology for the development of the individual in our State and capacity building...
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Child, Individual Capability and Legitimised Deprivation:
Dr.S.S.D. Pandey | May 28
As a point of reference let us begin with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989, exactly thirty years after the 1959 Declaration. To strengthen it further, on September 2nd, 1990 it entered into force as international law. Four of the...
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Infoshare launches ECHO
Anjula Godakumbura | May 10
Echo, the latest project by Infoshare, is an online events calendar for Sri Lankan civil society. Infoshare defines civil society event broadly to include any collective that engages in community benefit activities. Echo will list events ranging from Lectures, Readings & Talks,...
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Fund Raiser
Evans Ngongo | April 6
Im planning for a fund raiser that will see us buy new computers and set them up in a school in kenya
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i4d Award 2007 (e-india) for Overseas - GDCO, Sudan
By: ahmed eisa, gedaref digital city organization (SUDAN) | September 7, 2007
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| During 31 July - 3 August 2007 the eINDIA 2007 Conference was held in Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi (India) where more than 2000 persons from more than 40 countries and 200 companies and organizations attended. The conference discussed the digital e-services including 7 categories 1) Telecentres 2) e-government 3) e-health 4) e-agriculture 5) e=commerce 6) mobile services 7) community radio. The conference ended with the i4d Award 2007 where 36 projects were nominated. After a hectic process of two around of deliberation, seven jury member of i4d were able to extract seven nominations to be awarded in various categories. Finally seven national & international ICT-based projects from different countries (4 from India, and 3 overseas category included GDCO - Sudan Sri Lanka and Government of Bahrain ) earned the i4d Awards for their contribution. The i4d awards were given during the valedictory session held on 2nd August 2007. |
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Redefining the Digital Divide
By: Subhajit Basu, Queen's University Belfast | April 18, 2007
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| Hi-tech hypesters claim that the Digital Age is vastly improving the lives and opportunities of people around the globe, while public-interest hand-wringers worry that it is creating a Digital Divide - an enormous and growing gap between the "technology-rich" and the "technology-poor," threatening social and economic stability and progress. Who is right? |
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GEDAREF-SUDAN : Fighting poverty within disable through ICT
By: ahmed eisa, gedaref digital city organization (SUDAN) | February 2, 2007
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| Another experience in Gedaref Digital City Organization in Gedaref State Sudan about how we do IT. |
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News That Advocates Can Use: The Nonprofit and Foundation Advocacy Blog
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | March 5, 2005
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Politics Online
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
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Although not all political organizations are incorporated as nonprofits, I'm convinced that all nonprofit professionals should be watching the former's online strategies. |
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Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
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| If you are a nonprofit professional who keeps hearing about open source software and doesn't know how to begin thinking about it, it's nice to know that the folks at the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative understand your feelings and your needs. |
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The Riders Movement
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
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| The Circuit Rider movement (sometimes known as the "
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The Boston Technobabes
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | December 28, 2004
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| Women who work in nonprofit technology in the Boston area gather together every month for a night out with the babes. |
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for non-profit organizations
Michael Feagans | September 20, 2005
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| Lisiting of products and services, non-profit mall, and interviews and articles for and about non-profit organziations. |
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MAP for Nonprofits: Management Library
Gina Russell Stevens | March 26, 2005
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| A great resources for nonprofit technology initiatives. This Free Management Library includes original material which is updated regularly by specialists in nonprofit management practices. The site also provides links to the best nonprofit resources on the Internet. It is a free community... |
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nptech tag information
Emily W | February 16, 2005
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| Information about the nptech tag experiment on del.icio.us and how to participate in the experiment. |
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GovTrack.us
Marnie Webb | January 10, 2005
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| A tool for monitoring information regarding the US government -- specifically tracking bills and representatives. |
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Tech Foundation
lisa smith | December 30, 2004
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| TechFoundation has created four programs to help alleviate the Nonprofit Digital Divide:
* TechMarketplace™: A business-to-nonprofit program that provides discounted and donated technology hardware, software and services to nonprofit organizations.
* Geeks for America™: A... |
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