Our strategic partners, located throughout the world, are as passionate
about social change as we are. They play a critical role in our work,
providing technical expertise, intellectual capital, advisory leadership,
financial support and other resources needed to achieve our mission.
Collaborating together, we are making real advancements in several areas
of social endeavor. There is much more to come.
Funding Partners Supporting Benetech
- Adobe Corporation
- Bernard A. Newcomb Fund
- CTFC - Community Technology Foundation of California
- The Flora Foundation
- The Hewlett Foundation
- The Jenesis Group
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The Lemelson Foundation
- The Mary A. Crocker Trust
- Microsoft Corporation
- Mid Peninsula Bank
- NEC Foundation of America
- Oak Foundation
- The Omidyar Network
- OSI - Open Society Institute
- Packard Humanities Institute (PHI)
- Peninsula Community Foundation
- Severns Family Foundation
- The Skoll Foundation
- Special Hope Foundation
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Human Rights Strategic Partners
- ABA CEELI — American Bar Association/Central
European and Eurasian Initiative [Kosovo, Sierra Leone]
- AVCRP — L' Association des Victimes
des Crimes et Répressions Politiques
au Tchad (Chadian Association of Victims of Political
Repression and
Crime) [Chad]
- CAVR —
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in
East Timor [East Timor]
- CEH — Comisión para el
Esclarecimiento Histórico
(Commission for
Historical Clarification) [Guatemala]
- CGG —
Campaign for Good Governance [Sierra Leone]
- CIIDH — Centro Internacional para Investigaciones
en Derechos Humanos
(International Center for Human Rights Research) [Guatemala]
- CNVJ —
Commission Nationale de Vérité et de Justice (National
Commission for Truth and Justice) [Haiti]
- CVR —
Comisión de la Verdad
y Reconciliacion - http://www.cverdad.org.pe [Perú]
- HRAC — Human Rights Accountability
Coalition [Sri Lanka]
- HRC-UCB —
Human Rights Center - University of Berkeley [Kosovo]
- HRW —
Human Rights Watch [Chad, Kosovo]
- ICTJ —
International Center for Transitional Justice [Perú,
Sierra Leone]
- NRC — National Reconciliation Commission
[Ghana]
- SHR — Science and Human Rights Program, American Association
for the Advancement of Science
- TEVERE — Testimono, Verdad y Reconciliacion
(Project for Testimony, Truth, and Reconciliation)
[Colombia]
- TRC —
Truth and Reconciliation Commission [Sierra Leone]
- TRC —
Truth and Reconciliation Commission [South Africa]
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Bookshare.org Strategic Partnerships
Assistive Technology Partners
- Humanware —
Developer of products that help visually-impaired
individuals compete in a sighted world.
- Kurzweil Educational
Systems — Developer of scanning and reading
solutions for the blind and visually impaired (Kurzweil
1000) and scanning,
reading and writing solutions for persons with reading
disabilities
(Kurzweil 3000).
- Freedom
Scientific — Developer of assistive and adaptive technology
for
individuals who are blind, or have low vision or
learning disabilities.
- BookCourier from
Springer Design, Inc. — BookCourier is a portable
reading device designed specifically for people with
vision and learning
disabilities that make reading difficult.
- American
Printing House for the Blind, BookPort —
APH is a source for
adapted educational and daily living products including
the BookPort.
- GW Micro — GW
Micro is a pioneer in the adaptive technology industry,
and continues to lead with innovative, customer driven
solutions.
- gh
Accessibility — Developer of cutting edge technology that impacts
a
broad range of people with all types of disabilities
to provide the highest
levels of access to static and dynamic information.
- The
Braille Institute — A private non-profit organization
whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss
as a barrier to a fulfilling life.
Publishers and Content Providers
- O’Reilly
Media Inc. — O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge
of
innovators through its books, online services, magazine,
and conferences.
- NFB
Newsline® — The National Federation of The Blind offers
Newsline,
accessible versions of over one hundred newspapers
and magazines, a free
service to those who cannot read conventional newsprint.
- Numerous small publishers
- Authors
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Landmine Collaborators and Advisors
Benetech’s field
validation plan for the explosives sensor is to work
with several de-mining groups and to use their existing
protocols to acquire statistical data.
- UNDP – United
Nations Development Programme: This organization is
often the first agency in the field when hostilities
cease and it frequently forms the seed of national
organizations such as CMAC below.
- MAG – Mine
Advisory Group: A U.K. based group of de-mining experts
with missions in many countries. We have contacts within
their Cambodia and Vietnam operations.
- CMAC – Cambodian
Mine Action Group: A national organization that took
over from the UN.
- DTW – Development
Technology Workshop: A Cambodian based manufacturing
organization of de-mining hardware.
- Danish
De-mining Group and Danish Church Aid: Sri Lankan and
Angolan based organizations in field de-mining operations.
- Norwegian
Peoples Aid: Sri Lankan operations with the Indian
Army and UNDP.
- HALO
Trust: A U.K. based charity and action group with operations
in Cambodia, Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the world.
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Miradi Conservation Management Strategic Partners
Benetech is partnering with the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) - a consortium of many of the world's leading biodiversity conservation organizations.
Miradi Core Members Include:
- African Wildlife Foundation
(AWF)
- Conservation International (CI)
- The Nature Conservancy
(TNC)
- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
- The World
Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Miradi Members Include:
- Foundations of Success
- RARE Center for Conservation
- IUCN
- The Cambridge Conservation Forum
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