Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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Bookshare in Chennai

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Two years later, Maria who was affected by polio at the age of one and has to use a wheel chair and calipers, is now soon to be married on Jan 18th, 2010. Maria was raised by the sisters of the local Chennai Church, given a basic education and was sent off to Worth Trust to learn life skills.

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Promise and Peril: Martus for Human Rights in Burma

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, ND-Burma’s May 2012 report, “ Extreme Measures ,” sheds light on torture and ill treatment in Burma since the 2010 elections, demonstrating that the Burmese government continues to commit abuses despite its being bound to international human rights treaties and norms.

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