Benetech

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Phone: 650-644-3400

480 S California Ave
Ste 201
Palo Alto
California 94306
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Target demographics: Benetech tackle issues such as human rights violations, parity of access to information, disabilities, education and environmental biodiversity.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 150,000

Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: Prepare submitted books for publication on Bookshare by proofreading, verifying key book data, entering descriptive information, converting file formats, and more.

Geographic areas served: Worldwide

Mission:

Benetech combines the power of the human mind with a deep passion for social improvement, creating new technology solutions that serve humanity. We are driven by the idea that our technology solutions will be reapplied and adapted around the world to remove barriers and allow people to help themselves and others for generations to come.

Results:

* Bookshare.org is the nations largest accessible digital library with over 95,000 books and 150 periodicals and newspapers. Bookshare currently has more than 130,000 members and is rapidly increasing the number of schools and students who depend on the library for accessible books and periodicals.

* The Human Rights Program helps human rights organizations all over the world collect human rights data, preserve and protect information electronically, calculate scientifically sound statistics, and accurately interpret quantitative findings that support truth and justice for the victims.

* Miradi is a project management tool designed to empower conservationists to more effectively meet their goals through improved monitoring, evaluation and collaboration of conservation projects around the world.

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AT Advocate

09/21/11

Benetech's mission is "Technology Serving Humanity". This organization has several global outreach programs. The Bookshare online accessible library (eBooks and textbooks) supports tens of thousands of U.S. students with qualified print disabilities to get their books on time to study alongside ... more »

Soliloquy

12/07/10

I'm a quadriplegic due to neuromuscular disease, and a user of and volunteer for BookShare. You can't imagine how happy I was to learn about Bookshare several years ago. I'd always been an avid reader, but the progression of my neuromuscular disease to my arms made reading difficult. A book stand... more »

Valerie M.

12/06/10

We are members and volunteers for Bookshare and laud Benetech for all they do on a grass roots effort to change the way we mobilize change. Bookshare allows my family to read digital books and add new titles to the ever growing collection. It is a privilege to be associated with such a wonderful ... more »

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