Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 21, 2008
Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.
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Have Fun - Do Good
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. For example, when women have this kind of specific skill-set training, they are more likely to have less children, to keep the children they do have in school, to be able to provide access to medical care, and things like that.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Those who envision what could be possible by having Benetech apply innovative technology to the areas of Literacy, Human Rights, and the Environment, and who enable us to explore new opportunities for creating social good. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 2, 2008
I think my favorite example of that is a women's group from the highlands of Bolivia who wrote to us maybe seven or eight years ago. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I am always a big believer in that. Walking your talk around human rights.
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