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Benetech: President's Update

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Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. We passed this milestone in less than 3.5

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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Bookshare and our other Access to Literacy initiatives, including the DIAGRAM Center and Route 66 Literacy, all made big strides this year through the significant dedication of the community that makes it all happen. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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