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What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: “they need our help” in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed and how her work with micro loans has brought new power to people who live on a […]
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“Is free and enables large-scale, two-way text messaging using only a laptop, a GSM modem, and inexpensive cell phones. Its aim is to advance healthcare networks in under served communities using innovative, appropriate mobile technologies. Every day, more than 450,000 mobile phones in the USA find their way into desk drawers or rubbish bins and […]
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