I used to be involved with the local chapter (ewb-ksu.org), kind of still am since I own the domain name. It just redirects to their facebook page now....
And, 'own' their listserv and shared email account. The account has taken different forms over the years, but since I/we used to run email it was something I had created. (originally it was group account, which we set forwards to all the officers...except that the web management interface only allows a maximum of 5 forwards. But, at the time it was just a .procmailrc script.... Been trying to get rid of group accounts, because sharing passwords is against policy...but its the only way for all the group members to use it. Until shared accounts were developed (or rather a way to manage them was...) Though now that we're on O365...its just drowning in spam, and with lots of false positives too. As I recall, even though we're an official chapter that manages to convince enough students to pay the huge dues to be one (plus I hear its based on the size of the University, not the size of the chapter, etc...)....we/I got in trouble because we're not allowed to associate our website with them. Also, granted that some of our artwork was just their's with 'USA' replaced with 'KSU'..... Meanwhile... Doesn't Global Giving have a "Technology for Education" fund? Or, visiting Charity Navigator...searching for "Technlology Education" and International....resulted in two results: "Center of Excellence in Education" The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE), founded in 1983, nurtures careers of excellence and leadership in science and technology for academically talented high school and college students. CEE is dedicated to encouraging international understanding among future leaders of the world. That doesn't sound like it fits the search.... "Anita Borg Institute" The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) seeks to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology, and increase the positive impact of technology on the world's women. Also doesn't sound like it fits the search either. "Global Giving: Technology for Education Fund" http://www.globalgiving.org/techforeducation/ Improving the quality of education with technology.... Sounds like something I should consider giving to in the future (when I tire of giving to medical research/patient support/awareness charities...) Though I put money into Kiva, and have been 'lending' to women in foreign countries needing help to advance their education.... I've given a lot in the past to DonorsChoose, largely due to ThinkGeek putting up matching funds once...still give occasionally.... but they aren't global... I also give to Plan USA (used to be ChildReach before I moved down here, or was that a change that happened at some point after I moved down here.) Which in addition to child sponsorship, you can give to various project areas or special focus areas. They have an education one, but its not technology focused. Right now I'm sponsoring a girl in Nepal...at least I think so, I may have missed an update. I used to write to them, but then something would happen and I would need to find another child to sponsor....got to where I wondered if I was scaring them off by writing to them.... -- Who: Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. - W0LKC - Sr. Unix Systems Administrator For: Enterprise Server Technologies (EST) -- & SafeZone Ally On 2014-10-08 13:14, Matt Simmons wrote: > Honestly, I think the closest match that I know of is Engineers Without > Borders (http://www.ewb-usa.org/ [1]). > > They have a global focus, and while they do deal with technology, their focus > is on working with locals and building *infrastructure*, whether that's clean > water or internet, depending on what the location needs. > > They don't cater specifically to children, but they improve the community for > the children: > >> The boots on the ground that make this mission a reality are our more than >> 13,800 members. As a result of EWB-USA's programs, children can cross sturdy >> bridges to attend school, local clinics have consistent supplies of >> electricity, and accessing clean water isn't a full-day chore for families. > > Here's their most recent Form 990: > https://s3.amazonaws.com/ewbgeneral/990%20-%202013.PDF [2] > > --Matt > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the recommendation. > > Just to be clear, by "Global focus" I mean a charity that provides support to > many different countries vs. any single country/region. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Mondore, E Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > One option is Laptops to Lesotho (http://www.laptopstolesotho.org [3]). > Lesotho is a very impoverished country in southern Africa. > > Full disclosure -- The board president is my wife's cousin and the treasurer > is my sister-in-law. > > Andy > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > E. 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