Develop India Language Literacy 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 7, 2013
Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! The Treaty was signed on the spot by over 50 countries.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 12, 2006
I had an introduction to the one of key leaders in India's outsourcing revolution, Mr. F.C. We had a great conversation high above south Mumbai in the Air India building, which overlooks Mumbai's peninsula. We discussed literacy and access for the blind, and I learned about one of Mr. Kohli's passions, which is adult literacy.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting. There’s a huge interest at WIPO in helping developing countries get the assistance they need to help bring books to their people with disabilities.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. The bombings created confusion and as people were able to put details together for themselves, they did so in a way that others could learn and follow the developments. There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content. Examples from Haiti.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram.
Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. It is a really exciting and empowering position, especially for women in developing countries. Britt Bravo: Why is it important to have women citizen journalists in developing countries at this time?
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