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share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives
build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work

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 <title>Facilitate or help?</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;ve tried to find projects that truely put the &quot;local agenda&quot; of the end user at the heart of their work. &quot;Facilitator projects&quot; that are not becoming a stakeholder, but a means to a (local) end. Giving people tools to improve their own situation in their own way, extra opportunities to be effective with their energy and ambitions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of my favourites:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/global-neighbour-network-nabuur-com&quot;&gt;Nabuur.com&lt;/a&gt;: realising concrete local results with global neighbours&lt;/li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.netsquared.org/blog/rolf-kleef/facilitate-or-help&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:21:44 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Rolf Kleef</dc:creator>
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