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USING THE INTERNET TO FIGHT POVERTYThe NetAid Example
Internet for All ConferenceBerlin, 21 September 2001
Take Action for a Better World
INTRODUCTION
• Overview
• Programs
• NetAid Global Schoolhouse
• NetAid Online Volunteering
• NetAid and Germany
NETAID
• Status– Registered charity in USA– Public Private Partnership– Founded by Cisco Systems and UNDP
• Mission– To catalyze public support for an end to extreme poverty
• Key Strategy– Leverage the Internet
ENDING EXTREME POVERTY
NETAID CONNECTS
Corporations
Grassroots Orgs
Schools
Individuals
NetAid
School in Kenya
Cooperative in Burkina Faso
Village in Honduras
Community Center in Laos
APPROACH
NETAID PROGRAMS
NETAID PROGRAMS
PROGRAM GOAL PRIMARY TARGET STATUS
Global Schoolhouse Raise funds and awareness
Adults in the workplace Ongoing
Crisis Response Raise funds and awareness
Adults in the workplace Q4 2001
Online Volunteering Directly connecting people
Adults on the Internet Ongoing
NetAid for Kids Education/awareness 8 – 15 yrs old Q1 2002
NetAid Action Network
Education/awareness 16 – 24 yrs old Q2 2002
NO SCHOOL...
NETAID GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE
Your CompanyIntranet:
NetAid IntroCall to Action
NetAid GlobalSchoolhouse
Project Page: In DepthDescription of Individual
Project
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Home: The Issue &Projects
CompanyLogo
NetAid PartnershipDirectory
Description ofCompany
Involvement
Make Education a Reality for the World’s Poorest Children
NETAID ONLINE VOLUNTEERING
• Online matching of capacity with need• Individuals telecommute to poverty-fighting organizations• Most common services
– Translation– Website and database design– General research– Business and public relations support
• People With Disabilities (Uganda) example• People from 50 countries serving people in 60 countries
NETAID AND GERMANY
• 2001 Digiglobe Award• Online Volunteering Program led by NetAid partner UNV in Bonn• 150 German Online Volunteer applicants – 40+ placements• Projects in Kenya, Peru, Liberia, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka …
– “Online Volunteerig is a unique experience, not only because you help, but also because you get acquainted with areas and problems that you only hear about in the news.”
– NetAid Online Volunteer, Berlin
– “I do Internet research on victims of landmines and conflict for the newsletter of ‘People With Disabilities Uganda.’”
– NetAid Online Volunteer, Hannover
INTERNET FOR ALL
• Think Global – Act Global• Open to all
– Global Schoolhouse: corporate partnerships– NetAid for Kids, NetAid Action Network– Soon to be multilingual website– Localization in 2002
• Personalized experience but connecting to communities• Using the Internet to effect global social change
NetAid: Take Action for a Better World
FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Visit www.netaid.org...!
• Contact:– David Morrison
PresidentNetAid267 5th Avenue, 11th FloorNew York, NY 10016 USA
– morrison@netaid.org
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