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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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Learn Nonprofit Tech Skills at a NetSquared Meetup

Tech Soup

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Edudaygt 26 de febrero. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Orlando, Florida: Grow Your Organization Using Technology in 2015. Central and South America. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup.

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Reader Appreciation Day: Beth's Big Give - Congrats to Epic Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Education And More : Has a mission to help educate the children and reduce poverty in Guatemala. are an all volunteer organization and making a big difference in the lives of the students and their families and the schools of the indigenous of western Guatemala. They teach them life skills and educate them to be self-sufficient.

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Third Party Fundraising Helps NEXT Worldwide “Live the Mission”

Connection Cafe

In August, Ryan Deer* will head out with his baseball team and NEXT Worldwide to “Live the Mission” by working with church planting leaders in Guatemala who equip and assist local pastors with planting or strengthening new churches. Communicate Constantly.

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

Non Profit Quarterly

But such educational opportunities are “often highly selective, and many barriers exist for students of color to both prepare for and access these programs,” the founders add. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. Betty and six of her high school English students founded an organization called the Girl Child Network. Right at the end of that period, I also was teaching.