[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT-Sort of Benetech in Guatamala
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 00:54:02 -0400
Dear Amy, and Booksharian Friends,
Amy has done us a great service by bringing it to our attention that Bookshare
is one of many fish in the ocean of good works Jim Fruchterman is employing his
genius to accomplish to improve the lives of people worldwide.While our
technical concerns may have some merit, when we look at the big picture, Jim
has already done us a world of good with Bookshare and divides his energies to
do the same for others, helping to rid countries of deadly land mines and bring
justice to those who murdered uncounted innocent people including children, to
name a couple of his other projects.
I feel so honored to volunteer for one of his worthy endeavors.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Goldring Tajalli
To: Bksvol-discuss
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT-Sort of Benetech in Guatamala
Friends,
There is a new form of an old program on PBS on Tuesday Nights: Frontline
World and This past Tuesday included a segment on the work Jim Fructerman and
Benetech have been doing with helping turning 60 to 80 million pages into a
usable archive that can explain what happened to an unnumbered group of
"disappeared people" are called desaparecidos and executed persons the
documentation of which had been missing until recently. And there are many
people who would like it to disappear again along with the people working on it.
The interview with Jim is available at:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala704/interview/fruchterman.html
The full story is available at:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala704/
with the pictures that lead to each segment beginning with Guatemala's
history of Violation of Human Rights. Jim explains why and how they were able
to get the funding of a project that is reminiscent of the Archives of the Nazi
documentation of the Holocaust [my comparison]..
I found it mind boggling but the work that is being done will enable millions
of people to find out what happened to their loved ones and for the Guatemalan
Government and Human Rights Commissions to find justice for the desaparecidos.
Forgive me for an inadequate description of what you will find on these pages
and the sections of the program itself. It is an amazing thing that Benetech is
doing and will make an enormous difference to Guatemala and the world.
Amy
omsm
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