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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Region: Africa – 12%. Education and literacy – 5%. 7) 57% are enrolled in a recurring giving program. 10) 12% are enrolled in a workplace giving program. The median gift size was $50. Asia – 26%. Australia and New Zealand – 7%. Canada and the United States – 26%. Europe – 6%.

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Twitter’s Claire Williams Shares Why Literacy Is Her Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region. In this post Madeleine Clark, an AidData Summer Fellow, talks about the need for open data programs to be responsive to citizens needs. Is Open Data Just A Flash in the Pan Movement?

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SocialCoding4Good We are very excited about our SocialCoding4Good project, one of our Benetech Labs initiatives, which is working to increase the engagement of the technology sector with social good initiatives beyond just the scope of our own programs. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

It brings together foundations and funds that are primarily dedicated to support or have a significant program to support those organizations. Areas served: Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East. They support programs around the world that protect communities and the ecosystems upon which they depend.

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Mobilizing Impact at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

You can read more about how this project will create lasting impact in India in a blog post by Betsy Beaumon , VP and General Manager of our Global Literacy Program. We expect to significantly improve access to books that blind people in India need for their education, employment and inclusion in society.

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