Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 3, 2009

This weekend, I made my first educational microloan, to Claudia Belén García Royz of Nicaragua, who is studying to be an industrial engineer. Outside the U.S., educational loans are not so common. And, education is the way out of poverty.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

That same trend can be seen in all kinds of industries, particularly in food. And I found that very exciting, and so I went back after I finished college thinking I would stay in Nicaragua and work with farmers for a year and get my field experience and then figure out what I wanted to do with my life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act. American Nicaraguan Foundation :: @ ANF.

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