WHAT: SID/DIW May Meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, Noon - 1:30 pm
WHERE: Conference Room, Winrock International, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA 22209
The World Computer Exchange (WCE) is a global education and environment nonprofit helping connect youth in 65 developing countries to the skills, opportunities and understanding of the Internet - while keeping used working computers out of landfills. Join Tom Graham, Chairman of the Board of World Computer Exchange (http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org), and learn about WCE initiatives, including:
- What makes a good computer donation program
- How volunteers and university groups help WCE Partners by testing, installing, and networking donated computers (and training those in developing nations to maintain the computers over time)
- E-Waste recycling: Creating learning opportunities and advocacy program
- Opportunities to partner with WCE.
Explore how you might use WCE’s successful grassroots collaborative model for your own ICT projects (and related work) in developing nations.
WCE is a model for coalescing disparate grassroots organizations. Working with 380 field volunteers, 177 programme officers, and 450 partner organizations, WCE builds capacity on the ground for community project planning, partnership development, fund raising, tech support, teacher training, shipping logistics, digital libraries, youth exchanges, and responsible e-waste disposal.
To sign up for this event go to the SID web site:
http://www.sidw.org/The_World_Computer_Exchange
Directions to Winrock International:
From the Rosslyn Metro Station in Arlington (Orange & Blue line): As you exit the station, turn right, walk a half block on Moore Street to Wilson Blvd.
Turn left on Wilson Blvd (downhill), cross Lynn Street and continue to the next street, Kent Street. Turn left on Kent Street and walk half a block. Winrock is located in the building at the extreme left of a complex of three buildings which you enter via a courtyard on the right hand side of Kent Street (large letters above the courtyard entrance read “Rosslyn Plaza”). 1621 is on the left once you enter the courtyard. Take elevator to 12th floor.
Parking is available under the building complex; you enter on Arlington Ridge Road off of Wilson Blvd. which is the next street over from Kent St, just east of Kent Street (downhill from Kent Street). Our address is 1621 N. Kent Street in Rosslyn, Suite 1200.
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