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Benetech Initiative

Benetech develops technology-based social enterprises to help the disadvantaged. Martus is a new technology tool to assist grassroots human rights workers to collect, safeguard and disseminate violation information.

Primary web addresses
http://www.benetech.org/
Main Address
The Benetech Initiative
480 S. California Ave.
Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609
Country
United States
Main Telephone
650-475-5440
Joined OneWorld
17.02.2006

Features
02.08.2007 Records and archives containing critical information about Guatemala’s 36 years of internal armed conflict, which resulted in 200,000 deaths and disappearances, were uncovered in an abandoned building last year. Now the uncovered information is helping families discover what happened to their loved ones.
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Related topics/regions: [Guatemala]
20.09.2006
Jim Fruchterman, CEO of The Benetech Initiative, recently received a MacArthur Fellowship to recognize him for his work, adapting cutting-edge technology into affordable tools for the visually impaired and other underserved communities.
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