USING THE INTERNET TO FIGHT POVERTY The NetAid Example Internet for All Conference Berlin, 21 September 2001

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USING THE INTERNET TO FIGHT POVERTYThe NetAid
ExampleInternet for All ConferenceBerlin, 21
September 2001
Take Action for a Better World
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INTRODUCTION

• Overview
• Programs
• NetAid Global Schoolhouse
• NetAid Online Volunteering
• NetAid and Germany

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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

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ENDING EXTREME POVERTY
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NETAID CONNECTS
School in Kenya Cooperative in Burkina
Faso Village in Honduras Community Center in Laos

Corporations Grassroots Orgs Schools Individuals
NetAid
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APPROACH
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NETAID PROGRAMS
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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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NO SCHOOL...
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NETAID GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE
NetAid Global Schoolhouse Home The Issue
Projects
Make Education a Reality for the Worlds Poorest
Children
Employee Sign In Page
Company Logo
NetAid Global Schoolhouse Project Page In
Depth Description of Individual Project
Your Company Intranet NetAid Intro Call to
Action
Local Development Partners
Company Logo
NetAid Partnership Directory
Description of Company Involvement
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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

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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

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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

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Visit www.netaid.org...!
• Contact
• David MorrisonPresidentNetAid267 5th Avenue,
  11th FloorNew York, NY 10016 USA
• morrison_at_netaid.org