Do aid agencies skew the debate? Charities urged to improve websites on mobile phones. By Jenna Pudelek, Third Sector, 3 July 2012 The Charity Commission has a mobile website Charities could be missing out on donations because they have not optimised their websites for mobile devices, digital fundraising experts warned yesterday.
At a session called The Latest Digital Fundraising Trends, Jonathan Waddingham, product manager at the online donations platform JustGiving, said charities must "think mobile first". What if We Could End Famine? This is a community post, untouched by our editors.
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Today, May 25th, marks the worldwide celebration of Africa Day. It is a day to explore African diversity and celebrate the cultural and economic potential that exists. Amidst the celebration, there exists a need to increase awareness of the hardships and challenges that remain. West Africa and South Sudan continue to experience drought, collapsed local markets and heightening local conflicts.
CHART OF THE DAY: Android Is The Platform Of Choice In The Developing World. Crowdsourcing Maps Using Ushahidi. This is a community post, untouched by our editors.
Making maps requires the collection of large amounts of data. The size of the area you wish to map increases the amount of data needed to make the map effective. MasterPeace.org - Music above Fighting. TEDx Baghdad: Iraq is infinity. TEDxBaghdad Live TEDxChange 2012. Actueel. Miss Universe steunt Cordaid 01 Apr 2014 Sinds de verwoestende tyfoon Haiyan op de Filipijnen wordt er samen met hulporganisaties hard gewerkt aan de wederopbouw.
Selecting Mobile ICT Devices for Agriculture Services and Applications in sub-Saharan Africa. The True Size of Africa. This is a community post, untouched by our editors.
Within the 54 countries which make up Africa, only a handful are classed as developed, however, with so much space, the opportunity of development is massive, and this infographic demonstrates that by clarifying the true size of this continent. Africa is large enough to embody the USA, Japan, the whole of Europe, India and China combined, and as India and China continue to industrialise on a rapid scale, could we see central Africa begin to do the same in coming years?
Click to Enlarge. Horn of Africa Crisis: Drought Zone - Fault Lines. Lends €28.1 million to support access to reliable energy in Kenya. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 7 December a € 28.1 million senior loan to support the Thika Thermal Power Project in Kenya.
This reliable energy private sector power project will encourage economic growth by helping to address Kenya’s energy shortfall. The 87MW Thika thermal power plant, located in the town of Thika, some 35km from Nairobi, comprising five heavy fuel oil generators convertible into natural gas if gas becomes available, and a 7MW steam turbine will respond to Kenya’s shortage of dependable thermal capacity for which demand is growing by 6% to 8% a year. Moreover, the power plant’s steam turbine will increase the efficiency of the plant, thus reducing carbon emissions. “Land Grabs”: Development or Disaster in the Making? This is a community post, untouched by our editors.
Image via Flickr - Planète à vendre Land is one of the world’s most precious and limited natural resources. It allows for us to grow food to eat, build homes for shelter and draw water to drink. It is this precious resource that has come under scrutiny by the UN for “land-grab” deals that have sprung up in Asia and Africa. In these deals, fertile land is being sold off to private buyers and taken away from indigenous groups and local farmers. African child mortality: The best story in development. 2015)QUILT. Wonen en werken in ... Afrika. African Day Playlist: 8 Songs to Feed the Soul. A Call 2 Action. Missed A Call 2 Action? AC2A initiatives. Ruralweb.info. A Call 2 Action. Ac2a. ACall2Action morning : un album. A Call 2 Action. Nailab. Crowdfunding Nederland. We komen er wel. Voordekunst. Join the Social Good Summit Global Conversation. From September 22-24, the third annual Social Good Summit will unite global leaders as they share how to use the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve the greatest challenges facing the world today.
NAIS SMS Platform launched. Trash Playgrounds in Kibera, Kenya. This is a community post, untouched by our editors.
Trash Lands by Jose Ferreira our production cycles aren’t so much cyclical as linear Tweet Share Have humans become a worldly parasite; leeching off our host? It is estimated that annually humans produce over a billion tonnes of waste each year. This comes at no surprise considering most of our production cycles aren’t so much cyclical as linear. Maura O'Neill: Crowd-Sourcing Development Innovation in India.
India has become synonymous with innovation.
Inexpensive mHealth applications. The Tata Nano. Low cost eye surgery. The Tao of Crowdfunding: A Practical Guide to Crowdfunder Etiquette. So you now know some of the keys of a successful campaign from reading the first post in my Tao of Crowdfunding series, but that’s only part of the ongoing battle to find alternative sources for financing our creative projects. Based on the incredible response “The Three Ps for a Successful Film Campaign” received from the indie film community and beyond, I’ve decided to soldier on and address a topic which some of my closest friends have cited as a bit of a concern––Crowdfunder Etiquette.
Some of you might be thinking to yourselves I didn’t know such a thing existed! It does or doesn’t, based on your own experiences crowdfunding. But I prefer to call it by its more common name: Good Manners. Whether your crowdfunding platform is IndieGoGo, Kickstarter or any of the myriad others out there, here are five basic tenets every campaigner should follow: ABN AMRO doet proef met crowdfunding: eerst zaaien, dan oogsten? ABN Amro behaalt eerste succes met Seeds.