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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? This photo was taken in a library in San Juan.

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Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

The Verge

Loon has also provided internet services to areas affected by natural disasters, deploying balloons to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017 and to Peru following an earthquake in 2019. Teller says that Loon is working to place employees in other roles at X, Google, and Alphabet. “A

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” Puerto Rico experienced a series of earthquakes beginning in December 2019. We identified $791,176 to date in earthquake funding for Puerto Rico. Philanthropy and social sector organizations played a vital role in responding to multiple crises in 2020. million in aid.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

It opened up the question of what roles chefs can play in international development. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. And it worked really well in Puerto Rico - we’ve served over 3.6

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Cloud for Good is the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year

Cloud 4 Good

Representatives from Cloud for Good received the award in person at the Salesforce.org Unite Partners Summit 2022 in Puerto Rico. . Every member of our staff, who we lovingly refer to as our “Goodies,” plays a vital role in our continued success.” . “I

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

VisionLink''s Role VisionLink customers are among those providing 2-1-1 services, from New York to Washington state, from Florida to Maine, and here in our own state of Colorado--and for many regional and metropolitan systems in between. In the basic needs category 27% of the calls were for housing and utilities and 10% for food and meals.

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ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation

TechCrunch

such as the Caribbean, Mexico and Puerto Rico that it plans to eventually further expand into new geographies such as Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. New York-based ResortPass is also announcing today that Michael Wolf — who previously worked at ClassPass, Supernatural and Lululemon — has assumed the role of CEO.