Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

A great radio story aired today on Public Radio International's show, The World, on Guatemala's civil war records. It talks about National Police Archive in Guatemala, and has a quote from Patrick Ball. Clark Boyd of The World took a team to Guatemala earlier this month, and was there for their big election.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The National Retail Federation expects online holiday sales in the United States to shatter previous records by reaching at least $218.3 17) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. 19) National Wildlife Federation Store :: shopnwf.org. 19) National Wildlife Federation Store :: shopnwf.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Benetech statistician Daniel Guzmán has just published his account of one legal case which set a historic precedent for human rights in Guatemala. The Guatemalan Attorney General’s office summoned Guzmán to present evidence based on his analysis of random samples drawn from the millions of documents in the Guatemalan National Police Archive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2006

One of our hottest human rights projects is our work in Guatemala, helping with the huge secret police archive that is being analyzed there.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L. This is a huge legal victory!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech' If we can do that, by being as open and sharing as we can be, we’ll better realize the founding values of Caltech and its motto: “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

In 2010, Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group examined once hidden government documents from Guatemala and Chad that provided key evidence needed to hold former national leaders and security forces accountable for human rights violations. Guzmán’s testimony was based on HRDAG’s analysis of the 31.7

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Specifically, I presented the audience with the following questions: Were acts of genocide committed against the Mayan people in Guatemala? Did high-ranking officials within the Guatemalan National Police know about Edgar Fernando García’s disappearance? How many Kosovars were killed between March and June 1999?

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Founded by the United Nations , WHD advocates for the "safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises.". August 19 is World Humanitarian Day, an annual reminder that humanitarian crises around the world are far from over. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. and the European Union.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 18, 2006

On Wednesday, May 10, the Guatemalan National Police Archives Project found a bottle filled with petrol in flames on their premises. Benetech's Human Rights Program is helping the Ombudsman's Office in Guatemala with the Archives Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

One of the most compelling products of the Producers Institute is a project associated with the award-winning film Granito: How to Nail a Dictator , which depicts the genocidal civil war in Guatemala. Every Memory Matters is expected to go live in January, 2012, when Granito is broadcast nationally on the PBS series POV.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Expouvg #Computacion 2017 Coloquio. Guatemala City, Guatemala: PechaKucha #Fieldoffice #Cayala #Guatemala.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Burlington, VT’s Amanda Levinson joined the National Day of Civic Hacking last weekend. Maria Zaghi in Guatemala is bringing her fellow Latin American organizers together for a regional salon on June 10 as part of Mashable’s G-Everyone Summit. Guatemala: The G-everyone Meetup in Guatemala. Monday, June 10.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pechakucha Guatemala — Historias Digitales Vol. Paris, France: Forum National des Associations et des Fondations. Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Seattle, Washington: Bolder and Wiser: Nonprofit Advocacy Rights (Part 2). Central and South America. Wednesday, October 4, 2017.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. The Migel Medal, often called the highest honor in the blindness field, is awarded annually to one or two individuals whose careers exemplify exceptional accomplishments in the field.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Coretic2015 via @abg_ebg. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Spaceapps Guatemala 2015 — #USAC. Orlando, Florida: Creating a Tech-Centric Culture in Your Nonprofit. Friday, March 27, 2015. Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2007

This tremendous growth is due in large part to the continued use of Martus by our partners working in Guatemala with the National Police Archive, and projects gathering data about Burma, Iraq and the Philippines. We now have over 60,000 bulletins which have been backed up to secure Martus servers by over 1000 users across the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Patrick described the field as a pyramid, with grassroots groups on the front lines at the base, gathering the stories of abuses first and second-hand, with larger and larger groups going up until you reached the top of the pyramid with the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

My new favorite is how the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office of Guatemala (PDH is the Spanish acronym) uses our Martus human rights software. Guatemala has a sad history of large scale human rights abuse. Last year, the National Police archive was discovered, with an estimated 80 million pages of documents.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2012

is a rich country and, as of 2011, ranks as the most generous nation in the world, 1 only five percent of its charitable giving goes to international causes. "Why should I support the rest of the world when there is so much need in my own country?" is a question I often hear people ask. In fact, though the U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

For example, Welmer Cordova, who was badly burned in a gas explosion in Guatemala, lost part of his right hand. Image 4 : The National Guard / CC BY. We've also seen 3D printers utilized to create prosthetics, something that would also be highly useful in a disaster situation. Was it a doctor who printed Welmer's new hand?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 11, 2007

Guatemala 9. It shows the relative efficiency with which nations convert the planet’s natural resources into long and happy lives for their citizens. Dominica 5. Honduras 8. El Salvador 10. Vincent and the Grenadines " The Index doesn’t reveal the ‘happiest’ country in the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 11, 2009

A Guest Beneblog by Tamy Guberek (Benetech HRDAG team member from Colombia) There is important news this month from our partners at the Guatemalan National Police Archive, which has worked since 2006 with Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). Garcia disappeared after being placed in police detention in Guatemala City.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

That’s what Maria, a farmworker in Zunil, Guatemala, told me when I asked her about how climate change is affecting her region. Today is National [Topic] Day, which is a good time to address [Topic] Every day is National Something Day, so that gives you lots of opportunities to reiterate your message from a variety of perspectives.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Today, nearly one in eight people living in the US can be considered immigrants , but the nation isn’t an immigrant friendly one. Take, for example, Wendi, a single mother seeking asylum from Guatemala. From escaping violent conflicts to reuniting with family, there are various reasons why people emigrate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

He reminds readers that SIGACTS includes every death that was recorded by the Multi-National forces in Iraq, not every death that occurred during the ongoing war. This method has been used for estimating large-scale killings in Guatemala , Kosovo , Perú , Srebrenica , East Timor , and Colombia , among others.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

The head of our group, Patrick Ball, is spending most of this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with the United Nations on a range of human rights issues (of which the DRC has many). Our team is helping activists and organizations worldwide ensure that the truth matters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. The third book I did was about the indomitable people in Guatemala [ ¡ Viva Colores! ]. Betty and six of her high school English students founded an organization called the Girl Child Network. We did it together.

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