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December 23, 2025
Multimedia storytelling for nonprofits: Your phone can do it all
Simple methods for creating engaging videos, audios, and graphics for your nonprofit.
by
Shriya Roy
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2 min read
December 18, 2025
SUPPORTED BY PROJECT TECH4DEV
What nonprofits need from their data tools
Nonprofits need data systems that support learning, not just reporting. Here's what building one taught us.
by
Abhishek Nair
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Stuti Nabazza
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5 min read
December 10, 2025
Balancing scale and context in India’s classrooms
Resolving the tensions between designing for millions and responding to the needs of individual classrooms can be difficult. Here are lessons that can help.
by
Vaibhav Mishra
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Shahanaz Afruza
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7 min read
October 31, 2025
Shin-chan, borrowed words, and Tani language conservation
In Arunachal Pradesh, a young nonprofit’s journey highlights the importance of community collaboration and consent in language conservation.
by
Luke Rimmo Lego
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7 min read
October 29, 2025
Why digital nudges alone won’t transform classrooms
What a field experiment in rural Uttar Pradesh revealed about teacher motivation, engagement, and the limits of light-touch solutions.
by
Sneha Shashidhara
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4 min read
October 7, 2025
Weaving AI into India’s handicraft sector
AI can help build a future-ready handicraft sector. But what barriers shape its adoption, and how can they be addressed?
by
Anandana Kapur
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7 min read
September 25, 2025
The limits of AI in social change
More actors—from grantmaking to service delivery—are exploring the use of AI. However, the excitement around scale and efficiency often overshadows a critical question: What does it mean to bring machine-generated abstraction into systems built on trust, context, and relationship?
by
Gautam John
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8 min read
September 23, 2025
SUPPORTED BY PROJECT TECH4DEV
Your burning tech questions, answered
Three nonprofits share insights on what worked for them (and what didn't) as they navigated tough choices around tech.
by
Jasmine Bal
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Derrek Xavier
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7 min read
July 30, 2025
Visualising the heat crisis: A guide for nonprofits
To respond effectively to extreme heat, we need to stop depicting it as an abstract or invisible threat. Here are tools for practitioners and communicators to visually convey its true scale and interconnected impacts.
by
Sonali Verma
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9 min read
July 25, 2025
SUPPORTED BY TECH4DEV
Making chatbots work for nonprofits
What happens when nonprofits use WhatsApp chatbots? Two leaders reflect on its impact, challenges, and what it takes to make this tech work on the ground.
by
Jasmine Bal
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Derrek Xavier
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7 min read
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