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NetHope Welcomes Pact as its 31st Member

June 21, 2010

Washington, D.C. – NetHope, a unique collaboration of the world's leading international humanitarian organizations working together to solve common problems in the developing world, today welcomed its 31st member organization, Pact—a nonprofit organization dedicated to building empowered communities, effective governments and responsible private institutions that give people an opportunity for a better life.

Pact will contribute to and benefit from the shared knowledge and technology resources that are available to NetHope’s expanding community of leading NGOs. NetHope’s collaborative approach and effective use of technology to address human development, emergency relief and conservation issues will enable Pact to have an even greater impact on the people and communities that they serve.

“Collaborative, robust technology solutions help our teams build solutions and generate results that enable people in need to craft and own their future." John Talieri, CIO of Pact, said. “Pact’s continued success is dependent upon our ability to forge strategic partnerships that help us achieve our mission.  As such, we're extremely excited to be a part of NetHope, and look forward to working closely with the member organizations to develop sustainable solutions for our shared development objectives.”

“Pact’s addition adds to NetHope’s collective information and communications technology (ICT) expertise, skills and capacity, which enables our member organizations to operate more effectively and efficiently around the globe,” stated NetHope CEO Bill Brindley.

For more information about NetHope or Pact, please visit www.nethope.org or http://www.pactworld.org/.

About NetHope

NetHope, Inc., which started in 2001, is a new-generation collaboration of the international community’s leading nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) representing over $33 billion (USD) of emergency relief, human development and conservation programs in more than 150 countries. Through member collaboration and by facilitating public-private partnerships with major technology companies, NetHope enables members to leverage their technology investments to better serve their end beneficiaries. For more information, visit www.nethope.org.

About Pact

Pact helps build strong communities globally that provide people with an opportunity to earn a dignified living, raise healthy families, and participate in democratic life. Pact achieves this by strengthening the capacity of grassroots organizations, coalitions and networks and by forging linkages among government, business and the citizen sectors to achieve social, economic and environmental justice. For more information, or to donate or volunteer, visit www.pactworld.org. For more information, visit http://www.pactworld.org.