Group Sri Lanka University 
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 3, 2004
I covered our Human Rights program, including the Martus Project and the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (which joined Benetech last year). This is based on a talk I gave in Sri Lanka last year at the University of Peradeniya, but with a heavier technology component given the engineering audience.
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 4, 2011
She did a joint Masters in Public Health and Economic Development at Columbia University. Before and during her studies, she conducted field research for governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as foundations, on maternal and child health in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Haiti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and India.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The round, which Maya said is the largest raised by a Bangladeshi health tech company so far, was led by early-stage fund Anchorless Bangladesh and The Osiris Group, a private equity firm focused on impact investing in Asian markets. At the time, Russell worked in finance.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 21, 2008
We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. We work with human rights groups all over the world. The feedback has been amazing.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2005
Our staff are actively working in the region in Sri Lanka and East Timor, but on December 26th were not in harm's way. Our partner groups and friends in Sri Lanka have also fared well, to our relief. Like the rest of the world, we have been following the Asian disaster closely.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
The discussion about membership of an organization and what it means to be active: lots of people would have joined a group or gone to a meeting without contributing. We already have universal access provisions for things like telephones. Like Sri Lanka where pictures weren’t getting out. Kevin Anderson: Yes.
Have Fun - Do Good
JANUARY 16, 2008
There is actually a great piece by a professor at George Washington University, Ronald Weitzer. I also lived in Sri Lanka right about the time that sex tourism became a big deal, and saw it firsthand. He wrote a brilliant piece about the moral crusade of this issue, and that's not to say that it's not to be taken seriously.
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