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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Our HumanRights team, including Benetech Research Fellow Amelia Hoover and fieldconsultants Tamy Guberek and Daniel Guzmán, presented our initial findings on violations in Colombia to an enthusiastic audience of ICC investigators and analysts. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia 100

Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science. And these conversations weren't exclusive to the program events. It was not unusual for a person to pull out a document showing national dropout rates for their country in the middle of a cocktail party.

Reflection 20

Reflection South Africa Guinea Museum 20

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

They talked about the economic value of housework, and the importance of education and literacy in gaining economic independence." T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan.

Support 40

Support Congo Herzegovina Bosnia 40

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate.

Global 44

Global Fund Interview United States 44