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China Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Through the twin code in the book, the children in cities can find contact information of rural children on Twin Book's website and make communication through letters with rural children. In April 2008, 1KG More registered as a company and aimed to operate as a social enterprise model.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India.

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Zerodivide seeks new board members

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology Industry: Social entrepreneurs, information technology thought leaders, and executive/senior management in technology-related companies. For more information about ZeroDivide see www.ZeroDivide.org. Philanthropy: Senior management or trustee level experience in a private, community or corporate foundation.

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The Story in the Numbers

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, the standard financial statements alone don’t contain all the information needed to understand the underlying operational and financial realities of an organization; important data is cited in the statements’ footnotes. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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