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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
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Intel announces that two of the four Intel INSPIRE*EMPOWER Challenge Awards go to NetHope members Catholic Relief Services and Winrock Intel Press Release >
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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NetHope press contacts can be reached at: press@nethope.org
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.
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