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Posted 07/05/2008:
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There's so many cool things going on at Benetech. One of the coolest has been the reaction to our brand new environmental project management software, Miradi...


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Benetech's Frontline Report Featured in Film Festival

The Frontline/World annual "Heroes From A Small Planet" Film Festival will screen the recent PBS Frontline/World Report on Benetech's Guatemalan National Police Archive project. The festival focuses on stories involving social entrepreneurs and will feature a discussion with Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman who won a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship for his role as a pioneering social entrepreneur. The Skoll Foundation, which supports Benetech, is underwriting the Frontline/World broadcasts and online segments about social entrepreneurs. The event will take place Monday, June 23 at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco. The reception begins at 6:00 pm followed by screening and discussion. Admission is free, but space is limited. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Frontline/World at rsvp@flworld.org.

Frontline Airs Story on Guatemala National Police Archive Project

May 27, 2008, Palo Alto, CA — The PBS television series Frontline/World aired an investigative report on the Guatemala National Police Archive project which includes interviews with team members from Benetech's Martus and Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). Martus and HRDAG provide technology to collect, organize, secure and back up data collected from the archive which includes an estimated 80 million records. The largest known human rights archive in the Americas, the recovered police records could provide critical information about the estimated 200,000 people dead or missing during Guatemala's 36-year civil war and help bring perpetrators to justice.

The archive segment aired on the East Coast on May 27th and will air in the San Francisco Bay area on KQED Channel 9 on Tuesday, June 10th at 9:00 PM PST.

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