Supporting the Provision of Sustainable Technology for the Developing World

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Who Are They?:

The Freeplay Foundation

What Do They Do?:

Mission is to enable access to information and education to the most vulnerable populations through appropriate and sustainable technologies, particularly self-powered, "wind-up" radios.

Organisation's URL:

www.freeplayfoundation.org

What Did They Receive?:

Symantec Products

What Was The Outcome?:

Secure systems at home; no money diverted from projects in the developing world.

Our Story

As of March 31, 2012: TechSoup Global Impact and Reach

Impact

$3 billion

retail value of technology product donations distributed

$2.9 billion

potential savings for NGOs

9 million

technology products distributed

52

TechSoup Global donor partners, including Adobe, Cisco, Microsoft, Symantec

Reach

175,000

organizations that received product donations

41,000

organizations outside North America that received product donations

39

countries served across Europe, Middle-East, South America, North America, Asia, Asia-Pacific, and Africa regions

257,900

unique monthly website visitors

Meet the TechSoup Global family

We partner with NGOs around the world to deliver relationships, technology, and expertise that enhance their service to their communities. These partner NGOs customize our offerings, providing their beneficiaries with resources that combine the best of global knowledge and local perspective.

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Perhaps the largest technology philanthropy program in the world, TechSoup.org connects nonprofit organizations and libraries to the resources and knowledge they need to operate at full potential. Visited by over 188,000 individuals monthly, this online community is a place to build capacity, make connections, and share solutions.

In 2008, TechSoup Global was selected by the Council on Foundations to host and manage NGOsource, an equivalency determination service that will help U.S. grantmakers streamline their international grantmaking process. The service is expected to launch in 2012, pending regulatory approval.

We teamed up with U.K.-based GuideStar International (GSI) to improve our capacity-building programs for civil society. GSI works with civil society leaders worldwide to develop transparency and civil society organization reporting in their own countries. GSI supports this growing network through the provision of a shared common technology platform as well as advice and support in each country’s development process.

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