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

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NETAID GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE

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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