NetAid has announced Global Action Awards to four American students
it said have taken outstanding actions to help those living in poverty.
NetAid was established in 1999 through a partnership between the United
Nations Development Program and Cisco Systems to mobilize people in developed
countries to make ending extreme poverty a global priority.
A panel of ten judges including Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, basketball
star Dikembe Mutombo, Center for Global Development President Nancy Birdsall,
journalist Fareed Zakaria and 15-year-old youth advocate Greg Smith selected
the awardees based on their ability to take bold and innovative actions
against poverty, to lead and inspire others and to create lasting social
change. This year’s nominees helped to benefit others all over
the world, from North America to Southeast Asia.
(WASHINGTON) Smallholder
farmers in Kenya have historically suffered an information disadvantage.
With few updates on the shifting agricultural markets they could not
make informed decisions on the best times to buy and sell, and they
were commonly exploited by unscrupulous middlemen. In response to this
entrenched problem, ACDI/VOCA’s Kenya Maize Development
Program collaborated with the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange
to develop new methods to deliver up-to-date market information.
InterAction
to Refocus Information Technology Program
InterAction's
ICT Initiative, funded with a generous one-time seed grant from the
Markle Foundation, has reached the end of its formal program.Over the past two years, this program
has grown into a resource for InterAction members, as well as a source
of rigorous information for the community of ICT for development
practitioners.InterAction remains committed to helping
its members incorporate technology into their work in a way that
makes it more effective and more efficient.
(WASHINGTON) Smallholder
farmers in Kenya have historically suffered an information disadvantage.
With few updates on the shifting agricultural markets they could not
make informed decisions on the best times to buy and sell, and they
were commonly exploited by unscrupulous middlemen. In response to this
entrenched problem, ACDI/VOCA’s Kenya Maize Development
Program collaborated with the Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange
to develop new methods to deliver up-to-date market information.
