Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. First, I’ll cover our biggest fundraising effort of the year: individual philanthropy is crucial to us; it’s the portion that makes 10X impact possible!

Open Source 183

Open Source Africa Zimbabwe Malawi 183

NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Recently, Freedom Fone was adapted by two farm radio stations through the African Radio Research Initiative , a 42-month project, the aim of which was to assess the effectiveness and impact of farm radio in many parts of Africa. . In Tanzania, Sullivan bought a second-hand computer locally to host the Freedom Fone software.

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Press Ghana Tanzania Zimbabwe 49

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

We make a huge effort to disseminate our news locally via radio partnerships, and other satellite partnerships, so that the people in the communities we serve are benefiting from our news first. CH: I think I am conscious of the fact that we are all succeeding constantly, because the impact has been so profound.

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Interview Nepal Journal San Francisco 40

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I've now documented women's lives in 40 countries, over the past 10 or 12 years, and everywhere I went, I found women who were helping each other, local women. 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.

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40