AITEC Africa

International experts on outsourcing and shared services will gather in Nairobi on 17 June for the Rockefeller Foundation's forum "Optimising Service Delivery through Outsourcing and Shared Services." Representatives from over 150 non-governmental organizations and development agencies will learn how to increase the efficiency of their operations through the use of outsourcing and shared services.

Several international speakers are expected to offer briefings and case studies at the Forum. They include Adam Bricker, Chief Information Officer of World Vision International, USA; Thomas Abellof Accenture Development Partnerships, USA; Mark Dronzek Chief Information Officer of Family Health International, USA; David Barnard, Executive Director of the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT); William A. Brindley, CEO of NetHope, USA; Tony Simons, Deputy Director and head of Human Resources at ICRAF in Kenya; Nick Nesbitt, CEO of KENCALL, and Fiona Smith, Development Fund Programme Manager of the GSM Association in the UK.

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World Affairs Council Presents -- International Relief, Development, and Conservation In the Cloud - May 21, 2009

The World Affairs Council presents four NetHope member CIOs from leading non-governmental organizations to discuss the challenges of humanitarian work and ways that information and communications technologies can make a difference. Read More >

Charities Battle World's Woes with Technology

Technology matters when it comes to doing good. Nonprofit groups are learning from the corporate playbook, uniting under a NetHope banner to use collective clout to provide technology that helps save lives, protect nature and stretch precious donor cash. Read More >

CHF International Joins NetHope

23 January 2009 - CHF International has become the 26th member of NetHope, an information technology collaboration of leading nongovernmental organizations specializing in humanitarian relief, emergency response, and conservation.

NetHope enables members to extend their communications infrastructure and Internet-based applications in developing countries around the world. Members share knowledge and collaborate on information and communications technology (ICT) solutions, leveraging their power for capacity-building and creating best practices in the field.

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Ashoka joins NetHope

NetHope announces its newest member, Ashoka, the 25th member of NetHope. Ashoka is an international nonprofit organization that strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world’s citizens to think and act as change makers. With 2,000 Fellows in over 60 countries on the world's five main continents, Ashoka is working collectively to ensure that social entrepreneurs and their innovations continue to inspire a new generation of local change makers to create positive social change.
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Christian Aid joins NetHope

NetHope takes great pleasure in announcing its newest member, Christian Aid, becoming the 24th member of NetHope. Christian Aid was formed in 1945, initially concerned with issues of post-World War Two welfare, and to help resettle refugees. To this day it is still backed by the major Christian churches in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It works with local partner organizations in over 60 countries around the world to help the world's poorest communities. Christian Aid works where the need is greatest, regardless of religion or race. Christian Aid campaigns to change the rules and systems that keep people poor, speaking out on issues such as trade justice, climate change, and Third World debt.

PATH joins NetHope

NetHope is thrilled to welcome PATH as its 23rd member. PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. By collaborating with diverse public- and private-sector partners, PATH helps provide appropriate health technologies and vital strategies that change the way people think and act. Their work is focused on improving global health and well-being.
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NetHope featured in globeandmail.com article, "Geeks Without Borders"
"...NetHope focuses on collaborative projects where senior IT execs help NGOs become more efficient. The organization is made up of 22 NGOs that have a combined presence in 180 countries and who spend more than $30 billion annually. "Our focus is on helping NGOs be more efficient and productive," says William Brindley, CEO of NetHope. "In essence, we use IT to help that $30 billion go a lot further."
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NetHope Chairman Ed Granger-Happ Featured in itWorldCanada
"We can solve our communication and technology problems faster and cheaper together than on our own." NetHope organizations are leading the application of information technology in the developing world.
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New NetHope Chapter Launches in Thailand

NetHope CEO Bill Brindley assisted in the start of a new chapter based in Thailand. With the Myanmar emergency and other disasters looming, NetHope advanced its mission to build local field capacity by starting a new chapter of local members, hosted by World Vision. NetHope also offered, under the leadership of Mizanur Rahman of Action Aid, BGAN training for local staff as a way to prepare for disaster response support.

NetHope West Africa Chapter Holds First Meeting in Accra, Ghana

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Welcome to NetHope!

NetHope is a nonprofit IT consortium of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions of end beneficiaries each year in 150+ countries...
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Nonprofits Sometimes on Cutting Edge of Technology (PC World)

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CIOs brainstorm humanitarian, conservation projects (USA Today Live Blog)

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NetHope featured in The Seattle Times

Intel announces that two of the four Intel INSPIRE*EMPOWER Challenge Awards go to NetHope members Catholic Relief Services and Winrock
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2009 Member Summit

NetHope's next Member Summit, sponsored and hosted by Microsoft in association with Intel and Blackbaud, will take place the week of May 18th in Redmond, Washington, USA. "We are excited to bring together members from 26 international NGOs along with long-time and new supporters from the technology industry. We will discuss challenges faced in the field and explore solutions that can be leveraged across our member base. Collaborating for Impact is our theme and we look forward to the outcome" said NetHope's CEO, Bill Brindley.

NetHope, in partnership with the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and african eDevelopment resource centre (AeRC), launched the second advanced practical VSAT training in Nairobi today. Thirteen IT staff professionals representing five aid agencies from nine African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mali, DRC, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Mozambique are attending the Nairobi based training. Students were required to pass the Global VSAT Forum online VSAT certification courses before being accepted for the practical session. Download Full Press Release>

NetHope's chairman joined Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, during his CES keynote and discussed NetHope's work with Intel developing ruggedized Classmate PCs used to help combat the cassava root disease in Kenya

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Article in New York Times Highlights the Value of NetHope Collaboration
"Rui Lopes's first impression of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami was chaos. Bone-jarringly rough roads led to a hastily assembled field office ... "
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NetHope Expands Membership, Attracts New Foundation & Continued Private Support
Tech-Focused International NGO Collaboration Welcomes Ashoka; Announces New Support from Rockefeller Foundation and Microsoft
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NetHope Leads First Advanced VSAT Installation and Maintenance Workshop in Nairobi

NetHope in partnership with the Global VSAT Forum and iDirect are excited to announce that the first advanced VSAT installation and maintenance workshop started today in Nairobi. The workshop is facilitated through the African eDevelopment Resource Centre, a local Kenya NGO. Attending the workshop are eleven staff from five NetHope aid organizations, representing five countries including Kenya, Sudan, Benin, Eritrea and Tanzania. The course is part of three levels of increasing complexity and culminates in Level 3 GVF VSAT hands on training, skills testing and certification...
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NetHope, Tech Laureate, at NASDAQ on Wednesday, August 27th

NetHope is pleased to announce that Bill Brindley, NetHope CEO, will be attending the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell on August 27, 2008 at 4PM EDT. NetHope has received the Tech Laureate award for IT for Humanity from the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation. Peter Friess, president of The Tech Museum of Innovation, will preside over the Closing Bell on behalf of The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech presented by Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT) as well as NetHope strategic partners Microsoft, Accenture and Intel.

The Tech Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity, presented by Applied Materials, Inc., is one of the premier annual humanitarian awards programs in the world, recognizing technical solutions that benefit humanity and address the most critical issues facing our planet and its people. The awards program honors 25 scientists and innovators annually alongside the recipient of the Global Humanitarian Award. Laureates are selected by a prestigious panel of international judges organized by the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University, and made up of Santa Clara University faculty as well as leaders from educational and research institutions, industry and the public sector around the world. For more information about The Tech Awards, visit www.techawards.org.

To view a live Webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell, please visit here

Intel Chairman and NetHope Chief Executive Unveil Collaboration during WCIT 2008 Keynote

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 19, 2008 – Addressing the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2008, Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett announced a new collaboration with NetHope and demonstrated a new Aid Station device designed to support non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in their health care, disaster relief and economic growth efforts.
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ICT Skills Building Program: Extending Impact in 2009

Classroom trainings targeted at Program Workers and IT Professionals have been announced for Nairobi, Johannesburg and West Africa beginning in February 2008 and continuing through May 2008.

An addition, CISCO classroom training will take place in Delhi, Chennai and Panama City for IT Professionals beginning in February 2008. Instructor led live online training is also being introduced for Program Workers and IT Professionals beginning in January 2008. These trainings are being sponsored through the generous donations of Microsoft Corporation, Cisco Systems and the Emergency Capacity Building Project. 

Registration is now open at www.nethopeictskills.com. These trainings are offered at deeply discounted rates for the humanitarian community and spaces are limited. Registrations will be taken on a first come, first serve basis.

NetHope Chairman Selected as one of the Top Most Influential People in IT

The Editors of eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline have compiled a comprehensive countdown of the most influential individuals in information technology today ... And NetHope’s Chairman, Ed Granger-Happ, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT.