Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., as well as our Human Rights Program, which supports activists fighting injustice around the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

Here's the text of my article: My good friend from India, Joe Madiath, bumps into another man at a Davos party thrown by the Egyptians. The idea that a social entrepreneur serving the poorest of the poor in India might bump into a world famous politician is not a surprise here at the World Economic Forum. They say hi and shake hands.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports. We can tap into local knowledge because our reports are coming from the source.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

They currently partner with 48 local organizations in 17 countries that work to secure equal educational access and high-quality education for all children. Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. The Kresge Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Gaming is a literacy of transgression. A way to keep alive the ancient tales of India and storytelling in India. Gaming is literacy. A commitment to creating access - if we want to change game design. We have to change access. Dance Game - step on the correct arrow on the beat. Did the prototyping with kids.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. There is also a really practical level of source access. Our primary goal is to provide that empowering employment. I said, "You write it.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

According to the Women and the Web report, 200 million more men have access to the Internet than women. In mid- to low-income countries this statistic soars to a 25-40 percent access gap between women and men. Even if it is for an hour each day, women will access the Web. There’s Olutosin in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

While we’re extremely proud of our achievements in the field of accessibility and disability rights, we know that we’ve just scratched the surface of what we could possibly do to bolster parity of access to information by people with disabilities. We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Next up, we moved to India, hosted by our TechSoup partners, BigTech from the Nasscom Foundation. Important issues emerged in the conversation: data access, data literacy, design of platform, dissemination strategy, and impact measurement. Know your paradigm or perspective. Focus on critical moments of change. Keep it short.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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