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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. With approximately 1.5

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Hosting Harkin at the Hub

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Harkin’s work, especially his efforts to guarantee that every child has the opportunity to pursue quality education, infuses everything we at Benetech do through our Literacy Program to transform the lives and outcomes of individuals with disabilities. million to 6 million by 2015.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Martus is used around the world by human rights workers, attorneys, journalists, government officials and others who need to protect their data and the people they work with. The MacArthur Foundation provided key support for the project by not only financing our work, but also funding computer literacy training for NHRC staff.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

Since 2009, online donations made on mobile devices have grown from 9% of all transactions to 24% in 2018. Get your data governance practices together – now. Data literacy will become one of the most important skills for a nonprofit professional to possess. Compare that to about 2 billion personal computers – and not growing.

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The Story in the Numbers

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our financial story begins with Benetech’s forward thinking funders: our users, individuals, foundations, corporations, partners, and government agencies. MacArthur Foundation led to an apparent gain of $1,569,623 in the first year followed by average apparent deficits of roughly $500,000 annually for the years 2009-2011.

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