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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

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This last September, Benetech won a 3 million dollar award over one year from OSEP for a project we call Leveraging Impact through Technology, or, very appropriately, LIT. Exciting new tools, including a free, open source Android ebook reader and a free web-based ebook reader along with an accessible bookshelf in “the cloud.”

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Thank You, Gerardo!

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A passionate technology-for-good advocate, Gerardo has made major contributions to Benetech’s social mission since he joined us over four years ago. He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs.

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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

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We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). Carol also asked me if we would serve as a reference for Daproim. Carol, consider this blog post a down payment on that reference. and we needed more help.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

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I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. Yet, nonprofits frequently lag behind the for-profit world in applying technology to their work.

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