Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 14, 2012
Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand. Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. But he does point out that technology is not substitute for face-to-face meetings and the chorus of comments agrees.
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Amy Sample Ward
AUGUST 28, 2009
People simply choose a country of interest (such as China or Thailand) and an area of interest (such as education or the environment) and find a list of vetted opportunities to which they can donate money or give their time. I’ve been watching volunteer opportunities related to technology and am so excited to jump in!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
It's an open source free web meeting service. This group is an international network of people interested in e-learning, is organizing a trip to Thailand and Laos. hidalgo is on "an open-source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change." It isn't dumb dumb.
Have Fun - Do Good
APRIL 2, 2007
The Guide is built with free, open-source technology so that it is easy for artisans to use with their own systems. The hope is that the Guide will help the movement to create a fair trade craft product label, and that by working with IFAT , FTF , or FLO it can be adopted as an international standard around fair trade pricing.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 22, 2013
In recent years, the possibilities of what can be achieved with human rights fieldwork and advocacy has expanded as the worldwide use of mobile phones has increased and significant advances have been made in Internet and mobile technology. We’re excited to share that our Human Rights Program has been awarded a two-year, $2.2
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 7, 2013
I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our longtime Martus partners in Thailand, The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma ( ND-Burma ). It was so gratifying to see firsthand how Martus , a free and open-source software tool developed by Benetech, is empowering people to be the change they wish to see.
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