Route 66 Literacy Beta Users
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 8, 2006
Route 66 Literacy began its first beta at Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. C·A·R) in January, here in Palo Alto, California.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 8, 2006
Route 66 Literacy began its first beta at Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. C·A·R) in January, here in Palo Alto, California.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 17, 2013
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #IntLiteracyDay or #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IntWomensDay or #IWD. 22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay or #WWD.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2021
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay. 15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 2, 2022
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 3: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay. 15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2023
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2023. 9: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay. 18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay. 21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 16, 2014
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #MakeItHappen and #WomensDay. September.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
12: International Day for Street Children. 8: International Literacy Day || #IntLiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day || #ChildrensDay. March: 8: International Women’s Day || #IntWomensDay or #IWD2013. 14: International Day of Action for Rivers. 22: World Water Day || #WorldWaterDay or #WWD2013.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 3, 2018
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD19. 30: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 1, 2017
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay. 25: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 3, 2014
She would bring books especially for children and women, and conduct a couple of days of workshops on wide-ranging topics about enterprise, culture, history, poetry and books. book caravan books librarians literacy Marrakech Marrakesh Morocco women women''s rights' She was the first woman bookseller in Morocco.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 31, 2017
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: World Kidney Day — # WorldKidneyDay. 21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WDSD18.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Day of Service — #MLKDay 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay February 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay 6: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay 15: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay 18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay 20: World Day (..)
NTEN
JULY 22, 2021
They hail from a wide array of institutions, including a food bank, city government, a refugee resettlement agency, multiple libraries, an adult literacy organization, and an organization that works with formerly incarcerated individuals.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 23, 2012
His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. He suggests these goals: 1.
Robert Weiner
DECEMBER 5, 2008
The article makes this sound like a new idea, but The Hunger Site (and their later projects for breast cancer, children’s health, literacy, rain forest protection, and animal rescue) has been doing this since 1999. The San Francisco Chronicle published an article about everywun.com , a new click-to-give site.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 3, 2010
Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.
Charity Village
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Hoot for All, by Hoot Reading, connects at-risk children with experienced, hand-selected teachers to complete 1:1 reading lessons. Nonprofits, charities, and grassroots organizations interested in using the literacy programs can apply for funding. The grant covers costs related to […].
EveryAction
OCTOBER 31, 2016
Children's Literacy Initiative. The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) began as a way to provide collections of excellent children’s books & trainings in reading-aloud to teachers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Star Wars: Force for Change.
Candid
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , are alarming: Too few children are graduating from high school ready to earn because many aren’t arriving ready to learn—or not regularly attending school at all. Partnering with schools and communities to reduce chronic absence We know that all kids benefit from being at school.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 12, 2013
It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. uncomfortable talking to their children about money, so where are young. integrate financial literacy into our school systems, or at least make. Like this article?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 11, 2006
This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The children were simply delightful.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 16, 2009
Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. Based on my experience with the Sharing Foundation in Cambodia, I know how important it is for children in developing countries to have books to read in their own language.
ASU Lodestar Center
JANUARY 27, 2012
1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.
Blue Avocado
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
. — Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. We serve children with disabilities and developmental delays, children that many don’t realize are in our community.
Tech Soup
JULY 16, 2013
In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 4, 2007
During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries. She truly is one of the great, quiet humanitarians who carry on Matilda Ziegler's legacy of literacy for those of us who are blind." Matilda Ziegler Foundation.
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., Digital signatures for parents/guardians wanting to sign up their children with disabilities for Bookshare.
Kindful
AUGUST 9, 2021
Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2005
One corporate chief executive offered extensive in-kind support for our digital literacy enterprises that provide the disabled access to talking books and teach reading to teenagers and adults who are not yet literate.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 26, 2006
She also explained that the illiterate poor women she serves are more committed to literacy for their children than for themselves. Sounded like she needs something I've seen in Brazil, and so I hope to make the connection.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 31, 2014
Reading Eggs is an online reading education program for children aged 3 to 13. Reading Eggs is ideal for organizations that work with literacy among children and want to motivate them through games. TechSoup is proud to announce Reading Eggs, our newest donor partner. Is It Right for My Organization? How Does It Work?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 30, 2015
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay. 19: Earth Hour — #EarthHour.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children.
Care2
DECEMBER 16, 2010
Please donate today to raise literacy of deaf children! link] #nonprofit #literacy #deaf. What benefit do they experience by spending their valuable time to visit wherever the link takes them? Tweet : It's almost December, month of giving! Nonprofit is @CuedSpeech.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.
Tech Soup
MARCH 19, 2009
Brenda loves the Pulaski County Public Library's Literacy Bell, a simple way to celebrate children's literacy. Chris sums up last week's webinar, Five Mistakes to Avoid When Acquiring Software. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. Tools Using the Web and Internet.
Qgiv
APRIL 23, 2021
Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester added a banner image with cute pictures of children. Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. For more generalized appeals, make sure to use the banner section to reiterate your nonprofits’ story. Add a background image.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 13, 2006
We now realize that taking social action is in our direct interest and that of our children, whether it addresses human rights or the likely impacts of global warming. Increasing literacy for women? The idea that Bill Gates could set out to ensure the vaccination of every child on the planet is completely feasible. What's your issue?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 9, 2008
Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. The children sat at their desks, quietly writing the khmer letters on their little chalk boards. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! I want to mention a few recent posts.
Donorbox
JULY 4, 2022
Parents consistently worry about whether their children read enough. This worry is understandable, with the United States’ literacy ranking 125th worldwide. Public schools around the country have struggled to address this issue due to financial difficulties.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 10, 2008
TSF has helped support a poor school named Beng Krom School, with 595 grammar school children on the far side of the Mekong. s children really need three latrines to expand from the two they have for all their children and teachers. Now Beng Krom???s
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 3, 2003
According to this site, In the preschool classroom, children and teachers are working on readiness skills and early literacy experiences. Early Connections - Preschool is a great set links from the Northwest Technology Consortium on integrating technology into the pre-school classroom.
Candid
APRIL 13, 2021
According to Theirworld, if the annual funding gap is not met—and there are no plans or proposals to address the gap currently—more than half the world’s children are at risk of failing to attain basic literacy skills by 2030. According to Theirworld, the coronavirus pandemic at its peak forced more than 1.6
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