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2020 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD20. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay.

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COVID-19 disrupted HIV, TB, malaria services, threatening progress

Candid

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted public health systems and health service delivery for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa and Asia, threatening to reverse the progress made to date against those diseases, a report from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria finds.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. We want students like Brennan—and disadvantaged people everywhere—to have equal opportunities to make their lives better.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Mobilizing Impact at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

At CGI Annual Meetings, leaders from across sectors do more than just developing new ideas or getting inspired: they come together to take real action to address pressing global challenges. Our Commitment is to increase service and expand the number of accessible books for blind people in India via our Bookshare International initiative.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

You’ve likely encountered it when you call a customer service number and are prompted with instructions to press numbers for different issues or service departments.) . Because at this point for us, radio has been very effective in reaching people, but it’s not always the most effective for getting a feedback loop or making it interactive.”

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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

Everyaction

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. Pueblo Sin Fronteras is a collective which operates permanently in solidarity with displaced peoples. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Asylum Access.

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