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E-Buddies

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Best Buddies International is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

Founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver, Best Buddies has grown from one chapter on one college campus to a vibrant, international organization. Our programs today reach all 50 of the United States, and Best Buddies has active international programs in Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, the Philippines and Sweden; with additional programs under development in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

e-Buddies is one of the six friendship programs offered by Best Buddies. e-Buddies seeks to build e-mail friendships between children and adults with intellectual disabilities and their peers who do not have intellectual disabilities.

Individuals with intellectual disabilities are matched in one-to-one e-mail friendships with non-disabled volunteers - matches are made based on age, gender, geography, and sharedinterests. Matched participants are asked to exchange e-mails once a week.

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NetSquaredCaseStudies

This is a visualization of the non-profit and supporting organizations using the web in innovative ways who have been profiled in the Net Squared case studies. (http://netsquared.org/catlist/list/1)

Please click on the titles of the organizations to visit their case studies on Net Squared.

Note that these are the locations of the groups' headquarters, and not neccesarily where they do their work. A map of areas these groups work in would likely look very different.