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Literacy for a billion: PlanetRead

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the most exciting literacy social enterprises that I've run into is PlanetRead. They have also done extensive measurements of their impact and see real progress on advancing literacy. They first created original visual story content, and then added different languages. Another example of scale, South Asian style!

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Share Files and Collaborate Online with Box

Tech Soup

Eligible organizations can receive a donation of Box Starter Edition that includes 10 user licenses and 100 GB of storage space. These licenses are perpetual, meaning they never expire. Nonprofit Success Stories. Learn more about their stories and watch a video detailing their work on the Box website.??. spanhidden.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. Enter your story by 5:00 p.m.

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). It is a place for funders, and NGOs alike to find inspiring stories about tech use.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. I believe in the power of books to change the world.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Reform Copyright.