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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

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Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN. Data for Inclusion: Enabling people with disabilities to provide firsthand reports on the issues they face to inform policy at the local, national, and global level.

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Giving USA 2023 Report Insights & Solutions to Giving Decline 

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This growth was likely spurred on by the conflict in Ukraine and devastating natural disasters that impacted Turkey and Syria. Corporate giving comes in a variety of forms, so be open-minded about how you approach corporate giving. International affairs nonprofits reported a 10.9% increase in donations betwen 2021 and 2022.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

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Even back then, we included information about his service in the box of each Arkenstone Reader because we knew people would rather not have to scan a book before reading it! First, one of last year’s Migel Award winners, George Kerscher. And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea.

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Refugee Response: TechSoup's New Online Technology Resource for NGOs Helping Refugees

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Refugee Response is an online technology informational resource that provides technology-related support for NGOs that serve refugees. That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The site points NGOs to TechSoup product donations and features how-to and other technology information.

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

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With the knowledge that your information is safe and your organization is secure, how can you better focus on your mission? Challenge submission opens August 29, 2016 at 8:00:01 a.m. Complete the challenge submission form with all required information. Symantec helps nonprofits make their mission possible. Challenge Schedule.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

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The Sweepstakes is open to individuals, submitting on behalf of nonprofit organizations and libraries all over the world, who are attending the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") in Washington, DC. This Sweepstakes is void for organizations in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria ("U.S.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

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We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Unfortunately, safeguarding human rights information can’t be distinguished from piracy, if the contents are encrypted. Endangering Human Rights Activists. Wonderful stuff.

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