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Choike
Choike is a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by NGOs and social movements from the South. It offers a directory of NGOs organised in categories and sub-categories, a search engine that enables finding information in the directory's web sites, a selection of materials...
Eldis
Eldis is a development information gateway hosted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK. Funded by Sida, Norad, SDC and DFID, Eldis supports information exchange through online text documents, resource guides, newsletters and a country-by-country information...
Nfp Resourcing
Nfp Resourcing provides personnel recruitment and consulting services for not-for-profit organisations.
Justgiving
Justgiving is the UK'S leading provider of online fundraising solutions to UK charities via a fundraising website. Justgiving began in 2001 and later formed a sister charity in Boston, USA. Just giving is a team of technical wizards who build the site and make improvements to the website.
Internet Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR
Internet Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR displays information about current projects, upcoming events, directory news and announcements, and training courses and workshops within the Lao PDR.
GLIDE Codes for Disaster Identification
GLIDE Codes for Disaster Identification provides a means by which data regarding natural and human disasters is collected and monitored by the Emergency and Disaster Information Services of the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications of Budapest, Hungary. GLIDE...
United Nations Cartographic Section
United Nations Cartographic Section, a unit within the United Nation's Deartment of Field Services, provides general, thematic, and UN Mission maps in PDF format by region, country or mission.
World Fact Book
World Fact Book, published online annually by the US government, provides a wide range geographic information including full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Country profiles track such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political,...
Wasted computers
"Between 2003-2005, 315-680 million computers are expected to become obsolete in the U.S. Over 90% of discarded computers are stockpiled, sent to landfills or incinerators, or exported as hazardous waste. The vast majority (80%) are destined for landfills. About 50% of computers that are recycled...
Wasted computers
Every year in the UK over 3 million fully functioning computers are thrown out and most of them end up in landfill sites, and it is estimated that over 50 million are dumped throughout the world. But even today there are still 40% of UK households that do not have a computer, which means that...
Two million working Pentium PCs end up in landfill
"Two million working Pentium PCs end up in landfill sites in the UK every year."
Obsolete computers
"Twenty million PCs become obsolete in the U.S. each year...in Africa there are only three computers for every 1000 people."
Estimated 315 million obsolete computers in the United States
"By 2004, there will be an estimated 315 million obsolete computers in the United States. Since fewer than 10 percent of the high-tech machines are now recycled, most of them will be destined for landfills or incinerators".
Fewer than 3 computers per 1,000 people in Africa
There are fewer than 3 computers per 1,000 people in Africa. UN African Recovery Report
Voxiva
Voxiva is a global provider of practical information solutions to improve healthcare systems. Through its Pyramid Platform, that leverages phones, mobile phones, faxes, radios and the internet, Voxiva intended to facilitate communication, data collection and analysis, and information dissemination....
Association for India's Development (AID)
Association for India's Development, Inc. (AID) is a voluntary non-profit organisation committed to promoting sustainable, equitable and just development in India, by working with grassroots organisations and movements in India. AID supports and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres...
LINCT Coalition
Founded in 1994, Learning and Information Networking for Communities via Technology (LINCT) is a group of non-profit organisations which develop educational and training programmes focusing on information and communication technologies. LINCT cooperated with communities to implement...
International Business Initiatives (IBI )
IBI is a consulting firm committed to economic and social development through the modernisation of infrastructure, human capacity building, trade and investment in developing countries and American communities. It is a team of international experts who has extensive, on-the-ground experience...