Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. and James L. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile!

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MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Other organizations bring in $3,000 to $5,000 each month to support their operations and make a bigger impact in communities. . In fact, it’s common for regular givers to become planned givers. (In

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. Here, we realized, was an opportunity to create real, lasting social impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. We work with human rights groups all over the world.

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