Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work.

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Paraguay Award Africa Conservancy 142

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Santa Barbara in 1995 and then spent two years as Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. Upon finishing his Peace Corps service he began his nonprofit career as the founder and first executive director of Servicios Ecoforestales Para Agricultores (SEPA), a large agroforestry demonstration farm in Eastern Paraguay. Foundations: $41.2

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Paraguay Consultant Gift Fundraising 44

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Charles got interested in this type of charitable work while he served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay in the early 1990s. This project is being spearheaded by Bud Riser of the National Cristina Foundation. Meanwhile, these computers and devices are being discarded by the millions in the U.S. and other wealthy countries.

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Costa Rica Paraguay Award Seattle 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 31, 2006

One of the major themes of working with the Skoll Foundation is the focus on stories. That's what Jeff does with Participant Productions, and a big piece of the Foundation's efforts are around helping us tell stories. Here are 50 from the Skoll World Forum, Oxford 2006 - a photoset on Flickr.

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Paraguay Nepal Brazil Award 100