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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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The Center was established in 2007 by the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talents, Human Resources. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. Indonesia has the world’s second highest level of biodiversity (after Brazil). Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One corporate chief executive offered extensive in-kind support for our digital literacy enterprises that provide the disabled access to talking books and teach reading to teenagers and adults who are not yet literate. I was impressed and encouraged with the thoughtfulness and engagement of the chief executives in my small group.

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