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Thank You, Gerardo!

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Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.

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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

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Children's Literacy Initiative. The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) began as a way to provide collections of excellent children’s books & trainings in reading-aloud to teachers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Greenpeace. The Humane Society.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.

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Member Round Up: A busy September with new research, a cure for website obesity, and world literacy day

NTEN

Beth''s Blog recently featured a guest post by Christian Arno, Using Social Media Internationally: How Not to Get Lost in Translation , full of useful tips for anyone with a global audience. This post by Beaconfire empowers you to assess your page weight with step-by-step instructions (and illustrations!)

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Together with the World Blind Union and other campaigners, we set out to get a global treaty that would not only replicate the U.S. And, the U.S.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

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Nayla’s organization, Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL), will also develop teacher training courses on the platform aimed at strengthening remote instruction. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM. Malala Fund is partnering with ACE Charity in Nigeria to provide children.

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How To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Movie Production Studio In 6 Easy Steps

Global Giving

For more detailed instructions, check out this iMovie app tutorial or this WeVideo app tutorial. Featured Photo: Using Texting to Increase Literacy in Afghanistan by Afghan Institute of Learning. A video editor app will allow you to trim your clips, edit them, and add sound.

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