TechImpact

DECEMBER 9, 2013

William Kendima moved from Liberia to the United States in 2005. While in Liberia, Kendima never used a computer; however, through dedication, hard work, and a little help from ITWorks , Kendima’s dream of working in IT has been realized. Here, the students get to flaunt their new skills in a professional environment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The startup first launched by providing a product pack of SD cards and dongles with pre-recorded videos for K-12 students. It added quizzes and a homework help feature to connect students with tutors from universities. Surprisingly , uLesson kept growing despite K-12 students going back to school.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 18, 2009

It's this belief that prompted Kristof to create his Win-a-Trip contest for graduate and undergraduate students at American universities. Possible destinations this year are Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia and/or Ghana. The student reporter will blog and vlog for nytimes.com. on his blog, On the Ground.

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