MobileActive.org shared news of the release of a new report on Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use.

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MobilizingSocialChange_full.pdf

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http://mobileactive.org/wireless-technology-social-change-trends-ngo-mobile-use

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Tactical Tech's NGO-in-a-box project is a series of innovative toolkits designed to meet the specialised technology needs of non-profit organisations such as NGOs, activists, independent journalists and community groups. As the name suggests, each toolkit is a box containing: * CDs containing specifically selected Free and Open Source Software * easy-to-use tutorials * hands-on guides * informative case studies

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Three excellent ICT initiatives from Africa are the Paradigm Initiative Nigeria; the Open Cafe based in Potchefstroom, South Africa and online; and the TrainersPod which is a three country project in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.

NABUUR is an online volunteering site that connects people in the Global South with volunteers who support small scale projects in towns and villages. I was browsing through the site when I clicked on Kenya and discovered messages sent by members either through email or by SMS to their supporting volunteers. It is good to know that people on the ground are getting their stories out to each other and the wider world. Here are some of the messages:

The WIDES Development Group based in Nyakach constituency of Nyanza province and Kibera slums in Nairobi Kenya have reported that many of the orphan children being cared for are now scattered without food, clothing or shelter. WIDES workers, themselves displaced, are no longer able to run their projects due to the unrest and general chaos.

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Kenya Elections

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Two weeks into the Kenyan post election crisis has seen a range of technological initiatives being applied by advocacy groups, Kenyan bloggers and human rights organisations.

We are quite pleased to once again have been accepted in the Aid For Africa federation - it is an honor to be associated with this selective group of organizations. More than 50 Aid for Africa charities work throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Most member charities work at the grassroots level, helping children, their families, and their communities.

From the Aidforafrica.org website:

[below is roughly what I hope to talk about this afternoon for the benefit of you netizens lurking out there and observing the web2fordev conference vicariously from the comfort of your computer monitors!]

Hello - I am Tobias Eigen from Kabissa, and I am here today to talk to you about Web 2.0 in African civil society.

Organization: West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)

Position Title: General Secretary

Location: Abuja

Apply Before : 30 July 2007

For more information, read the attached notice: