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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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? You see, HRDAG is anything but a typical organization.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Being a Caltech freshman makes you confident for the rest of your life: if someone cannot explain something to you, that means that they really don’t understand it! open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech'

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. and James L. This is a huge legal victory!

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How Emerging Tech Is Changing Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

For example, Welmer Cordova, who was badly burned in a gas explosion in Guatemala, lost part of his right hand. While Walsh is experienced in using 3D printers, the hope is that as these devices evolve, almost anybody can print a life-changing or lifesaving item. Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2. Backup Exec 15.

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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

Have Fun - Do Good

The HPI is calculated by adding the country's life expectancy with its life satisfaction divided by its ecological footprint. Guatemala 9. In the same article, he also describes the a rapid-transit bus system in Bogotá, the Trans-Milenio: "After only five years of operation, we are moving 1.4 Colombia 3. Costa Rica 4.

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

Individuals impacted by the criminal legal system also benefit from access to educational programs that prepare them for workforce re-entry while qualifying them for well-paying jobs. Take, for example, Wendi, a single mother seeking asylum from Guatemala. Tech Is No Substitute for Human Support.

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