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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work.

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Major Gift Fundraising: Facts and Opinions from a Recovering Fundraising Consultant

Tech Soup

Santa Barbara in 1995 and then spent two years as Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. Upon finishing his Peace Corps service he began his nonprofit career as the founder and first executive director of Servicios Ecoforestales Para Agricultores (SEPA), a large agroforestry demonstration farm in Eastern Paraguay. Foundations: $41.2