World Computer Exchange DC
WISH LIST: $50: sends 1 computer to a school in a developing country; $750: funds an entire computer lab; $10,000: sends 1 container of 400 computers to connect 10,000 youth in 30 schools.
The gap between the world’s technological haves and have-nots – commonly known as the digital divide – continues to widen. Those on the far side find themselves unable to compete in today’s global economy, and that only furthers their marginalization and poverty. World Computer Exchange has taken on the challenge: it keeps working computers out of landfills and gives them new life in developing countries. WCE DC has shipped 4,346 computer sets to Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nigeria, and Zambia. The team is now gathering 400 computers to connect 26 local schools in 26 villages in El Salvador. Twenty of these computers will go to San Miguel Library, supported by the Sister-City program in Arlington, Virginia. One third of the funding typically comes from national or international organizations, another third will be secured by local Peace Corps volunteers, and the final third ($10,000) must come from donors here. Your contribution delivers 400 computers to the port of Acajutla and to children who otherwise would linger on the far side of the divide.
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Thomas Graham Board Chair |
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