Refugees need Internet, text messaging - NGOs Respond
A recent article in Devex reviewed the high rates of cell phone/smartphone use among refugees as they to try to maintain contact with family and friends as they make their journey to safer lands. They...
View ArticleOpen data for social good
This week Markets For Good highlights the importance of creating clear and comprehensible data for users.Cofounder of Prosas, Bruno Barroso, presents a case study on how the digital platform is...
View ArticleCibervoluntarios conference in Sevilla, Spain
El próximo 20 de mayo tendrá lugar en el Salón de Grados de la Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo de la Universidad de Sevilla la jornada “Competencias en positivo”, organizada por la Fundación...
View Article#YesWeCode Initiative - & Prince
#YesWeCode is an initiative that seeks to mobilize tech and social justice leaders to connect 100,000 low-opportunity young adults to the skills and experiences they need to access high-paying careers...
View ArticleData for social good, it's really a thing
May will be a busy month for data lovers and Markets For Good is making the rounds with new stories.As we quickly approach May, the world of data has been reminding us of the importance of data for...
View ArticleMarnie’s World — it’s a better life, if we believe it
Women’s History Month is April but here at TechSoup we celebrate women in tech all year long, and here’s why: The Huffington Post blog shared a special spring collection, what it calls "a mosaic of...
View ArticleSomalian NGO hopes mobile app will help women facing domestic violence
Domestic abuse has historically been an accepted cultural practice in Somalia. Creators of an app used in western countries to support those worried about domestic violence hope to help Somali women be...
View ArticleLet's Continue the Conversation: Digital Skills for Older Adults: Teaching...
Continue the conversation from one of our TechSoup for Library's most well-received webinars on "Digital Skills for Older Adults: Teaching Technology in Public Libraries" (link).Chat with Ginny Mies,...
View ArticleReprohealth App - re: sexual & reproductive health for African women
The Women Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1993 and works to build knowledge and improve the policy environment for advancing...
View ArticleiCow - mobile app or small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya
iCow is a text message and voice-based mobile app for small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya. "It’s something of a virtual veterinary midwife, helping farmers track the estrus stages of their cows, while...
View ArticleIntel She Will Connect program
Just found out about a program that apparently launched last year: the Intel She Will Connect program. It is supposed to "help young women acquire or improve digital literacy skills and expand their...
View ArticleWorld Pulse Technology & Innovation group (and its women-focus)
World Pulse is an extensive online community of women and allies worldwide. "We empower women leaders on the ground by advancing their digital skills and leadership to mobilize around the world and...
View Articletech people, stop thinking only you can save the world (editorial)
It’s tempting for people from the tech world to think they have the answers to the nonprofit sector’s woes, the challenges faced by communities, social problems, etc. While technology is awesome and...
View ArticleAre Digital Health Apps "Snake Oil"?
In a speech delivered at the AMA's recent annual meeting, CEO James Madara described the digital health industry as peddling apps and devices that "impede care, confuse patients, and waste our time."...
View Articlesafety in virtual volunteering
It's great that virtual volunteering has been mainstream for so long, and it's great to see so many great new programs popping up. As someone that's been researching the practice and promoting it since...
View ArticleICT sector should drive global discussion re respect for human rights in...
From the Association for Progressive Communications"The ICT sector should be driving global discussion about respect for human rights in the private sector"In the five years since the UN Human Rights...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council resolution on the internet and human rights
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council (HRC) of resolution A/HRC/32/L.20 reaffirming the importance of promoting and protecting human...
View ArticleUSAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (no deadline)
USAID's Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) fund, housed in the U.S. Global Development Lab, is the Agency's venture capital-inspired, tiered, evidence-based funding model that invests comparatively...
View Articlecash transfers, most via a text message, saving lives in Swaziland
In Swaziland, a small land-locked country in southern Africa, the worst El Niño weather phenomenon in decades has left 25 per cent of the population, or more than 320,000 people in desperate need of...
View ArticleSmartphone app lets Netherlands users play act role of government officers...
Looking to change public perception about migrants in the Netherlands, two journalists have launched a Smartphone app that dramatizes the asylum-seeking process and lets users ask tough questions of...
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