Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes. and the European Union.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

HRDAG analysis of this information was carried out with the support of the current governments and NGO communities in both these counties. Discovered by chance, these police and prison records told the stories of serious human rights violations from the perspective of the perpetrators.

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Chad Guatemala Data Liberia 124

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2006

It was a little over 10 minutes long and talked about medical needs in Sudan, the ongoing challenges in Colombia and how people with HIV/AIDS in the developing world are being denied access to new "second-line" AIDS medicine. (My

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Podcast Create Colombia Sudan 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Our HumanRights team, including Benetech Research Fellow Amelia Hoover and fieldconsultants Tamy Guberek and Daniel Guzmán, presented our initial findings on violations in Colombia to an enthusiastic audience of ICC investigators and analysts. You can visit our Colombia Project Page to read more about this work.

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Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

story and photo via Ricardo's Blog. Ricardo tells her story on his blog: Maria Estela built a glove that allows speech-challenged people to move their fingers in a similar fashion to Braille language and have those signals recognized by software that converts them into speech. Colombia???s Her passion is electronics.

San Francisco 50

San Francisco South America Colombia Award 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

You can read about some of the NGOs that have used Martus to back up their data in Guatemala, Sri Lanka, the Phillippines, and Colombia. As the week progressed, we considered the difficulties faced by Afghani groups who seek to build an NGO community in a place of conflict with few resources.

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Cambodia Training Train Sri Lanka 104