One of our hottest human rights projects is our work in Guatemala, helping with the huge secret police archive that is being analyzed there. National Public Radio's Morning Edition had a great story on the topic this morning, and Benetech's very own Patrick Ball was quoted talking about this as the largest secret police archive ever made available to the human rights process. Be sure to check out the transcript of the piece MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Sesion de coordinacion. What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? What if there were regular gatherings where nonprofit techies could come together to learn, laugh, and network with their peers? MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Spaceapps #Guatemala 2015 — #USAC. Guatemala City, Guatemala: GirlsinICT 2015 Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: TEDXGuatemalacity 2015 — Canton Exposicion Zona 4. MORE
Frontline World is airing a terrific piece on our Guatemala work tonight on KQED in the Bay Area (9 pm PT). You can view it online right now. It already aired on the east coast. I don't think we've ever had such extensive and thoughtful coverage of a topic: there are the video segments, slideshows, extended interviews and more. Everybody at Benetech is so proud of our human rights team getting this kind of exposure and promoting the importance of human rights MORE
Last month, I had a chance to visit the largest Martus project which is unfolding inside a mammoth warehouse in Guatemala City. During my visit to Guatemala, I spoke with a woman named Juanita who supports the archive project. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Charla con Scripps Networks Interactive en #guatemala. I'm not in school anymore, but September still feels like the real beginning of the new year. That's why this is the perfect time to make a fresh start on your nonprofit tech resolutions. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Innovagt Next Extended Event de #google. Guatemala City, Guatemala: GirlsinICT 2017 #Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: SpaceAppsgt 2017 #bigdata #opendata en #uvg. MORE
Guatemala: Taller para hacer un “elevator pitch” Wednesday, October 2. Guatemala: Drupal Camp de Guatemala - 2013. Guatemala: DalGT: Actividad de DAL en Guatemala - 26 de Octubre. Guatemala: Meet Latam - convocatoria preliminar. MORE
In 2010, Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group examined once hidden government documents from Guatemala and Chad that provided key evidence needed to hold former national leaders and security forces accountable for human rights violations. The past year of research by HRDAG analysts has supported key criminal prosecutions and uncovered the truth about political violence in Guatemala, Iran, Colombia, Chad and Liberia. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon de TechforGood Guatemala Pepitalabs. Guatemala City, Guatemala: wordswelivein Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Lanzamiento de Aceleradora de Spaceappsgt en Usac. MORE
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Guzmán Benetech Martus human rights Miradi Guatemala Bookshare CapielBenetech President's Update Winter 2011 I’m pleased to provide you you a detailed update on Benetech for the first time in two years. MORE
The observations presented in this blog post deal with some of the things we have learned while founding and then running a small community development NGO in an indigenous Guatemala village of about 1,500 families, called Chocolá. Seeds for a Future (Seeds) is an Arizona based 501(c)3 with an on-the-ground partner organization of the same name in Guatemala. We consulted the Guatemala NGO Network in Antigua for guidance and attorney/accountant referrals. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Campaña de Unicef temas Vituales de Niñez en Guatemala 2016. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Evento Regional de #Netsquared #Latinoamerica en Guatemala Pepitalabs. Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Conversatorio de temas de la Propiedadintelectual via @delvallegt @acmchapter. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #coretic2016 #innovacionfinanciera. Guatemala City, Guatemala: isocgt Primera Reunión del Capitulo de Isoc Guatemala. MORE
A great radio story aired today on Public Radio International's show, The World, on Guatemala's civil war records. It talks about National Police Archive in Guatemala, and has a quote from Patrick Ball. Clark Boyd of The World took a team to Guatemala earlier this month, and was there for their big election MORE
I announced in this blog last month that judges in Guatemala had found two former police officers guilty in the 1984 forced disappearance of Guatemalan student and union leader Edgar Fernando García. This historical ruling has established forced disappearance as a crime in Guatemala and provided government prosecutors with a key legal precedent needed to investigate higher ranking officers for their possible role in the case. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Charla con Scripps Networks Interactive en Guatemala. HourofCode Guatemala via @delvallegt. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #Pechakuchagt #Antigua 5 de Octubre en Impact Hub. MORE
This repository is an important step forward for the people of Guatemala and those seeking information about human rights abuses that occurred during the country’s 36 years of armed internal conflict. Documents from the Guatemala City-based Archive have already provided critical information in the prosecution of former members of Guatemalan security forces accused of human rights abuses. MORE
Tags: Ann Harrison HRDAG human rights Smithsonian Patrick Ball Guatemala MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Evento de Ciudades Inteligentes — #smartcityhack. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Edudaygt 26 de febrero. NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face-to-face in physical space. MORE
Benetech statistician Daniel Guzmán has just published his account of one legal case which set a historic precedent for human rights in Guatemala. Discovered by chance in 2005 in an explosives storehouse in Guatemala City, the archive contains what archivists estimate to be 8 kilometers or approximately 80 million sheets, of paper. Statistical data are very seldom used as evidence in court cases in Guatemala, and defense attorneys were attempting to discredit his testimony. MORE
Two good articles recently covered the Guatemala secret police archive project that we are supporting. Guatemala struggles to find war crimes justice was in the San Francisco Chronicle, and captures the personal side of this work. Many people want to know what happened to those who disappeared in Guatemala's civil war. ITworld.com's Digging for the truth quotes Benetech's Tamy Guberek and notes that our Martus software is being used in the project. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon #VIHInfogt #Yorespeto #Yomeinformo. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tec Networking Day — Quieres hacer negocios en El Salvador? What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pitch Round de Telefonica. Now, I'm no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year's resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like "find a mentor" or "learn a new skill every month." MORE
Garcia disappeared after being placed in police detention in Guatemala City. Montenegro founded the Mutual Support Group (GAM), one of the largest organizations representing the families of the disappeared in Guatemala. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Feria Tecnologia / Makerdaygt — 4 Grados Norte. NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. MORE
While I haven’t lived in a Syrian refugee camp, survived on $1 a day in Guatemala, or been awarded an honorary doctorate by the New School for my work as a civil rights activist, I do know one thing: we all play a part. It’s easy to feel like you’re alone on your mission to do good and create real change in the world. You think you’re making progress only to realize that your work is nowhere near finished. MORE
Ann Harrison, our Communications Director, just pulled together a great photo essay on our work with the National Police Archive in Guatemala. I think this essay really brings home the reality of our work in Guatemala: the stories of interrupted lives buried in an archive being brought into the daylight, as well as the larger context of how this work connects with the issues facing Guatemalan society today MORE
Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). But first: why was I, a fresh graduate of UCLA, in Guatemala in the first place? (It’s MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Ferias de Hardware 2015. I bet you made all sorts of grand New Year's resolutions for 2015. MORE
I’ve just returned from a two-week trip to Guatemala hosted by Wake. We worked with a network of women’s rights NGOs located throughout Latin America and Guatemala who traveled to Antigua for the multi-day training. MORE
Specifically, I presented the audience with the following questions: Were acts of genocide committed against the Mayan people in Guatemala? statistics statisticians HRP Daubert Chad HRDAG human rights Habre Kosovo ASA Guatemala MilosevicGuest Beneblog by Megan Price I recently had the opportunity to present several of HRP’s projects to the local San Francisco chapter of the American Statistical Association (SFASA). MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Lab4U Guatemala en Watsoncoffee Cayala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetday en Guatemala 2016. The weather is getting better now that we're firmly into spring. MORE
They are already active in Africa and Latin America, in countries like Uganda, Rwanda, Liberia, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. The rise of for-profit social enterprises has been quite exciting. Although I'm firmly on the nonprofit side with Benetech (because we focus on big issues where the market is failing), it's definitely easier to get funded sustainably if you have an exciting and invest-able business plan. Evan Haigler is a social entrepreneur I've known for years. MORE
Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. MORE
The team also visited Obras Sociales Del Santo Hermano Pedro, hospital and clinic in Antigua, Guatemala to interview patients, staff and volunteers regarding how quality medical donations are saving lives and why more are desperately needed. Acclaimed photographer and visual engineer, Ben Von Wong, is working with Avencera Partners, VisionLink, Inc. and the MedSurplus Alliance to create a groundbreaking video for an upcoming social media fundraising campaign. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. MORE
HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. In a recent blog post , I described how HRP statistician Daniel Guzmán’s expert testimony in a breakthrough legal case against two former police officers helped score a remarkable victory in the fight to end impunity in Guatemala. We’re honored to support the process towards justice and accountability at this critical time in Guatemala’s history. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Expouvg #Computacion 2017 Coloquio. Guatemala City, Guatemala: PechaKucha #Fieldoffice #Cayala #Guatemala. MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetgt Carta Magna de Internet en Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! MORE
Guatemala City, Guatemala: PechaKucha #Teclab #Campustec. Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions. MORE
Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case The Benetech Human Rights Program uses cutting edge computing methods and statistical analysis to provide objective evidence of human rights violations. Guzmán’s testimony was based on his analysis of the Guatemalan National Police Archive which was discovered by chance in 2005 in a munitions storehouse in Guatemala City. MORE
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OCTOBER 29, 2010
Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case The Benetech Human Rights Program uses cutting edge computing methods and statistical analysis to provide objective evidence of human rights violations. Guzmán’s testimony was based on his analysis of the Guatemalan National Police Archive which was discovered by chance in 2005 in a munitions storehouse in Guatemala City.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). But first: why was I, a fresh graduate of UCLA, in Guatemala in the first place? (It’s
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 8, 2011
Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 10, 2008
Frontline World is airing a terrific piece on our Guatemala work tonight on KQED in the Bay Area (9 pm PT). You can view it online right now. It already aired on the east coast. I don't think we've ever had such extensive and thoughtful coverage of a topic: there are the video segments, slideshows, extended interviews and more. Everybody at Benetech is so proud of our human rights team getting this kind of exposure and promoting the importance of human rights
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 23, 2007
Ann Harrison, our Communications Director, just pulled together a great photo essay on our work with the National Police Archive in Guatemala. I think this essay really brings home the reality of our work in Guatemala: the stories of interrupted lives buried in an archive being brought into the daylight, as well as the larger context of how this work connects with the issues facing Guatemalan society today
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Benetech statistician Daniel Guzmán has just published his account of one legal case which set a historic precedent for human rights in Guatemala. Discovered by chance in 2005 in an explosives storehouse in Guatemala City, the archive contains what archivists estimate to be 8 kilometers or approximately 80 million sheets, of paper. Statistical data are very seldom used as evidence in court cases in Guatemala, and defense attorneys were attempting to discredit his testimony.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 5, 2007
Two good articles recently covered the Guatemala secret police archive project that we are supporting. Guatemala struggles to find war crimes justice was in the San Francisco Chronicle, and captures the personal side of this work. Many people want to know what happened to those who disappeared in Guatemala's civil war. ITworld.com's Digging for the truth quotes Benetech's Tamy Guberek and notes that our Martus software is being used in the project.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 13, 2011
Guzmán Benetech Martus human rights Miradi Guatemala Bookshare CapielBenetech President's Update Winter 2011 I’m pleased to provide you you a detailed update on Benetech for the first time in two years.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Tags: Ann Harrison HRDAG human rights Smithsonian Patrick Ball Guatemala
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 22, 2006
Last month, I had a chance to visit the largest Martus project which is unfolding inside a mammoth warehouse in Guatemala City. During my visit to Guatemala, I spoke with a woman named Juanita who supports the archive project.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 22, 2013
open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Specifically, I presented the audience with the following questions: Were acts of genocide committed against the Mayan people in Guatemala? statistics statisticians HRP Daubert Chad HRDAG human rights Habre Kosovo ASA Guatemala MilosevicGuest Beneblog by Megan Price I recently had the opportunity to present several of HRP’s projects to the local San Francisco chapter of the American Statistical Association (SFASA).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 28, 2006
One of our hottest human rights projects is our work in Guatemala, helping with the huge secret police archive that is being analyzed there. National Public Radio's Morning Edition had a great story on the topic this morning, and Benetech's very own Patrick Ball was quoted talking about this as the largest secret police archive ever made available to the human rights process. Be sure to check out the transcript of the piece
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
I announced in this blog last month that judges in Guatemala had found two former police officers guilty in the 1984 forced disappearance of Guatemalan student and union leader Edgar Fernando García. This historical ruling has established forced disappearance as a crime in Guatemala and provided government prosecutors with a key legal precedent needed to investigate higher ranking officers for their possible role in the case.
Tech Soup Blog
MARCH 29, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Conversatorio de temas de la Propiedadintelectual via @delvallegt @acmchapter. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #coretic2016 #innovacionfinanciera. Guatemala City, Guatemala: isocgt Primera Reunión del Capitulo de Isoc Guatemala.
Tech Soup Blog
JULY 31, 2015
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon #VIHInfogt #Yorespeto #Yomeinformo. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tec Networking Day — Quieres hacer negocios en El Salvador? What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts?
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MARCH 17, 2017
I’ve just returned from a two-week trip to Guatemala hosted by Wake. We worked with a network of women’s rights NGOs located throughout Latin America and Guatemala who traveled to Antigua for the multi-day training.
Tech Soup Blog
APRIL 3, 2017
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Innovagt Next Extended Event de #google. Guatemala City, Guatemala: GirlsinICT 2017 #Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: SpaceAppsgt 2017 #bigdata #opendata en #uvg.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Charla con Scripps Networks Interactive en Guatemala. HourofCode Guatemala via @delvallegt. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #Pechakuchagt #Antigua 5 de Octubre en Impact Hub.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 1, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Campaña de Unicef temas Vituales de Niñez en Guatemala 2016. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Evento Regional de #Netsquared #Latinoamerica en Guatemala Pepitalabs. Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 1, 2017
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Expouvg #Computacion 2017 Coloquio. Guatemala City, Guatemala: PechaKucha #Fieldoffice #Cayala #Guatemala.
VisionLink
AUGUST 18, 2015
The team also visited Obras Sociales Del Santo Hermano Pedro, hospital and clinic in Antigua, Guatemala to interview patients, staff and volunteers regarding how quality medical donations are saving lives and why more are desperately needed. Acclaimed photographer and visual engineer, Ben Von Wong, is working with Avencera Partners, VisionLink, Inc. and the MedSurplus Alliance to create a groundbreaking video for an upcoming social media fundraising campaign.
Connection Cafe
JULY 7, 2016
While I haven’t lived in a Syrian refugee camp, survived on $1 a day in Guatemala, or been awarded an honorary doctorate by the New School for my work as a civil rights activist, I do know one thing: we all play a part. It’s easy to feel like you’re alone on your mission to do good and create real change in the world. You think you’re making progress only to realize that your work is nowhere near finished.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 9, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Lab4U Guatemala en Watsoncoffee Cayala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetday en Guatemala 2016. The weather is getting better now that we're firmly into spring.
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Charla con Scripps Networks Interactive en #guatemala. I'm not in school anymore, but September still feels like the real beginning of the new year. That's why this is the perfect time to make a fresh start on your nonprofit tech resolutions.
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetgt Carta Magna de Internet en Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing!
ASU Lodestar Center
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
The observations presented in this blog post deal with some of the things we have learned while founding and then running a small community development NGO in an indigenous Guatemala village of about 1,500 families, called Chocolá. Seeds for a Future (Seeds) is an Arizona based 501(c)3 with an on-the-ground partner organization of the same name in Guatemala. We consulted the Guatemala NGO Network in Antigua for guidance and attorney/accountant referrals.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 11, 2009
Garcia disappeared after being placed in police detention in Guatemala City. Montenegro founded the Mutual Support Group (GAM), one of the largest organizations representing the families of the disappeared in Guatemala.
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space.
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 14, 2015
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Ferias de Hardware 2015. I bet you made all sorts of grand New Year's resolutions for 2015.
Tech Soup Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
Guatemala: Taller para hacer un “elevator pitch” Wednesday, October 2. Guatemala: Drupal Camp de Guatemala - 2013. Guatemala: DalGT: Actividad de DAL en Guatemala - 26 de Octubre. Guatemala: Meet Latam - convocatoria preliminar.
Tech Soup Blog
JULY 1, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon de TechforGood Guatemala Pepitalabs. Guatemala City, Guatemala: wordswelivein Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Lanzamiento de Aceleradora de Spaceappsgt en Usac.
Tech Soup Blog
APRIL 3, 2015
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Spaceapps #Guatemala 2015 — #USAC. Guatemala City, Guatemala: GirlsinICT 2015 Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: TEDXGuatemalacity 2015 — Canton Exposicion Zona 4.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 17, 2010
In 2010, Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group examined once hidden government documents from Guatemala and Chad that provided key evidence needed to hold former national leaders and security forces accountable for human rights violations. The past year of research by HRDAG analysts has supported key criminal prosecutions and uncovered the truth about political violence in Guatemala, Iran, Colombia, Chad and Liberia.
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Evento de Ciudades Inteligentes — #smartcityhack. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Edudaygt 26 de febrero. NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face-to-face in physical space.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 31, 2015
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Feria Tecnologia / Makerdaygt — 4 Grados Norte. NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 27, 2012
They are already active in Africa and Latin America, in countries like Uganda, Rwanda, Liberia, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. The rise of for-profit social enterprises has been quite exciting. Although I'm firmly on the nonprofit side with Benetech (because we focus on big issues where the market is failing), it's definitely easier to get funded sustainably if you have an exciting and invest-able business plan. Evan Haigler is a social entrepreneur I've known for years.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 1, 2017
Guatemala City, Guatemala: PechaKucha #Teclab #Campustec. Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions.
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 4, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pitch Round de Telefonica. Now, I'm no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year's resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like "find a mentor" or "learn a new skill every month."
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 1, 2016
Guatemala City, Guatemala: Sesion de coordinacion. What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? What if there were regular gatherings where nonprofit techies could come together to learn, laugh, and network with their peers?
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