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NetHope West Africa Chapter Holds First Meeting in Accra, Ghana

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VSO joins NetHope

NetHope takes great pleasure in announcing its newest member, VSO. VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers in some 34 countries worldwide. Their vision is "a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfill their potential." Instead of sending food or money, VSO sends women and men from a wide range of professions who want the chance to make a real difference in the fight against poverty. These volunteers work in partnership with colleagues and communities to share skills and learning and achieve positive change together. We are looking forward to working with VSO to advance the work and mission of NetHope around the world.
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NetHope works with University of Waterloo on graduate-level course focused on the international NGO community
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NetHope featured in eWeek.com
eWeek interviews NetHope, CEO, Bill Brindley, about latest NRK deployment to aid Bangladesh.
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NetHope India Chapter Holds Meeting in New Delhi


Hosted by CARE India, the NetHope India Chapter meeting gathered 11 representatives from various member organizations. The next full chapter meeting is scheduled to be in Kolkata in late February 2008.

NetHope East Africa Chapter Launched



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Red Cross Joins NetHope



NetHope is pleased to welcome the Red Cross (the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the American Red Cross) as its newest member.

The Red Cross is a global humanitarian organization that operates in 185 countries as an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war, armed violence and devastating natural disasters. Over the years, the organization has expanded its services, always with the aim of preventing and relieving suffering.


The Emergency Capacity Building Project releases their final Report on Information Technology And Requirements

This comprehensive five-part Report is the first in depth examination of information and technology issues for international NGOs in emergency response, the result of a six-month, inter-agency, multi-country assessment.
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NetHope Coordination ICT Response in Myanmar

Funding Appeal Launched

NetHope and it’s member agencies have established the Myanmar Emergency Response Working Group to coordinate ICT related response in the region.

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The NetHope Myanmar ERWG is working closely with the United Nation’s ETC team in sharing ICT capabilities and sharing news about relief efforts in the most affected areas.

Communications infrastructure in Myanmar is being reestablished and agencies are rushing food, water, shelter and medical supplies to the devastated areas. Weather reports predict heavy rains and agencies are working around the clock to get help where it’s needed.

Return to NetHope.org in the coming days to learn more about relief efforts.

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NetHope announces that its next global Summit will be hosted by Cisco at their Silicon Valley Headquarters on May 5-8

Tuck research center appoints Save the Children CIO and NetHope founder
as executive fellow and CIO-in-Residence

The Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth has announced that Save the Children's chief information officer (CIO) Edward Granger-Happ will join the center as an executive fellow and the CIO-in-Residence. In 2007, the editors of eWEEK, CIO Insight, and Baseline selected Granger-Happ as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT and one of the Top 100 CIOs. During the upcoming spring quarter, Granger-Happ will work with students and pursue research on leadership and technology, including projects on "The 'Good Enough' Principle: What CIOs Can Learn from Nonprofits" and "Disruptive Innovation and International Nonprofits." Read Press Release>
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ICT Skills Building Program: Extending Impact in 2008

Classroom trainings targeted at Program Workers and IT Professionals have been announced for Nairobi, Johannesburg and West Africa beginning in February 2008 and continuing through May 2008.

An addition, CISCO classroom training will take place in Delhi, Chennai and Panama City for IT Professionals beginning in February 2008. Instructor led live online training is also being introduced for Program Workers and IT Professionals beginning in January 2008. These trainings are being sponsored through the generous donations of Microsoft Corporation, Cisco Systems and the Emergency Capacity Building Project. 

Registration is now open at www.nethopeictskills.com. These trainings are offered at deeply discounted rates for the humanitarian community and spaces are limited. Registrations will be taken on a first come, first serve basis.

NetHope Chairman Selected as one of the Top Most Influential People in IT

The Editors of eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline have compiled a comprehensive countdown of the most influential individuals in information technology today ... And NetHope’s Chairman, Ed Granger-Happ, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT.