Hi Frank, Have you tried Schoolnet Africa or Computer Aid international? They might give you some ideas or even assist you.
Merci, Anna. ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Frank Hekker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:21:15 +0300 Subject: [DDN] What is the best strategy to request donation of computer hardware/software? > Hello, > > I am a New Zealander recently introduced to Digital Divide. I have found > some wonderful articles posted. Keep it up. > > Well I'm not sure if anyone out there can help me but. > > I'm currently doing volunteer work for a NGO, Charity in Kenya. The > organization is Maasai Education Discovery for anyone interested. > > www.maasaieducation.org <http://www.maasaieducation.org/> . > > Anyway. They have various programs where they need computers and a decent > set of servers to keep them running. > > And so I have been wondering if anyone out there knows the best > strategies, organizations, websites or methods to request computer > hardware /software to be donated to a developing country NGO by > large organizations. > > I have started emailing the big global companies like IBM, HP etc requesting > to make contact so I can request donations and or form partnerships with > them to use there products and teach them in the school we are > involved in. But I think this method seems a bit lame and worthless > unless I know more about how these organization think and under what > circumstances they would donate to a charity in Kenya with nothing > to offer them. > > Does anyone have any ideas? I would really appreciate some help or a > point in the right direction here. > > What experiences have others had? Anyone have tips / contacts you > can give me? > > Cheers, > > Frank Hekker > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the > message. ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
