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Bookshare in Chennai

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I now feel even I can help people living in America!!” The partner we chose, Worth Trust employs people with disabilities, in addition they conduct life skills classes and provide training. She says, “This job has greatly increased my self-esteem.

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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. billion poor and unbanked.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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of America v. we at Benetech are concerned that the Guild’s arguments in their appeal regarding the definition of “specialized formats” would nullify Section 121 and remove the legal authorization for the important services that we provide, relegating people with disabilities to second-class status. Universal City Studios, Inc.,

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American India Foundation

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I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. The social enterprises often pay for the entire cost of operating a certain vocational department (like their beautician classes), but the core costs of running the school has to be raised from donors. The children were simply delightful.

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Using Software and Data to Change the World

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After doing a stint as a Code for America fellow, he helped create the Open Referral Initiative, to make it easier to share data about social services – data at the heart of the referral process. And we are not alone, or the first, to have this dream. A community organizer named Greg Bloom has been working on this for over five years.

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