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Hosting Harkin at the Hub

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Harkin’s work, especially his efforts to guarantee that every child has the opportunity to pursue quality education, infuses everything we at Benetech do through our Literacy Program to transform the lives and outcomes of individuals with disabilities. history, but the work ensuring equality of opportunity is far from over.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

While visiting the country, I met with members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) who are using a growing collection of technology tools to confront reported human rights incidents. My most recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this trend.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

Based on research from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report , online giving in the United States represents 8.5% Since 2009, online donations made on mobile devices have grown from 9% of all transactions to 24% in 2018. Get your data governance practices together – now. of total fundraising revenue. Time is up.

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The Story in the Numbers

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our financial story begins with Benetech’s forward thinking funders: our users, individuals, foundations, corporations, partners, and government agencies. MacArthur Foundation led to an apparent gain of $1,569,623 in the first year followed by average apparent deficits of roughly $500,000 annually for the years 2009-2011.

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