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How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Steve Cisler heard me mention this book recently and sent me a spot-on article from the Observer, How America is betraying the hungry children of Africa. A book I read that made a big impression was "The Road to Hell" by Michael Maren, who described how U.S.

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Schools are back in session, and with them millions of American children who struggle daily to learn using traditional printed books. We have the technological innovations to help these children and their families and educators, who are looking for strategies to aid their success.

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China Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just received an update from KK Tse entitled The Most Inspiring Story from the Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship, talking about 1KG More, a social enterprise that implemented Voluntourism: combining backpacking with delivering books and other gifts for rural Chinese children. The owners of these two books will become a "twin".

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From Money to Meaning

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From children with disabilities to African human rights activists, you will have direct exposure to how Benetech’s products and services change lives for the better. We are looking for more than a dozen motivated individuals to make the leap to positive social impact. Our benefits are great, and our pay is excellent by nonprofit standards!

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The Librarian of Marrakesh

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She would bring books especially for children and women, and conduct a couple of days of workshops on wide-ranging topics about enterprise, culture, history, poetry and books. She was the first woman bookseller in Morocco. Over the time I corresponded with Jamila by email, she started becoming better known in Europe.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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Mary Robinson

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Children being born today should have every expectation of living on average at least 84 years! She explained that that the grandchildren of the people sitting around the table were highly likely to be alive in 2100. As someone who doesn’t currently have grandchildren, but hopes to in the next ten years, this really hit home.

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