Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Revelations about government interception of these confidential stories has caused us to redouble our efforts to lower the barrier to the use of strong, secure crypto software like Martus.

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Open Source Africa Zimbabwe Malawi 183

Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. Non-DAC government donors and multilateral organizations contributed an additional $2.8 Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia.

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Disaster Philanthropy Data Bahamas 59

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. CH: How much money can I donate? Very little of the money that we get is used in the U.S.

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Interview Nepal Journal San Francisco 40

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

And, of course, because women's organizations always have too little money, I thought maybe a book would inspire other people to help. A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. In 2001, I began photographing.

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40