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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The DDD student staff people work half days at DDD, proofing textbooks to make them accessible to students with print disabilities. and ship the images and recognized text to Laos (and several other countries with other partners, including of course the U.S.). The head of DDD's Laos office is Ms.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

.” We were floored that half the students were raising their hands. We then gave them access to referrals and you know what, 90% of the students did not follow up on the referrals. They had to deal with their own students and their own curriculum. And so we identified this desire, right? We listened to them.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

They don't have the resources to be able to do better by their family, and you see that it goes on through generations. I spent a lot of time thinking about why these things happened to people that are just poor. Wanting to do something to help change that has been a long journey.