Finding IT Firms to Donate to Developing Countries?

Posted by Cliff on Friday December 8, 2006 @11:02PM from the good-for-the-soul dept.

A Peace Corps Volunteer asks: "I am currently serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, Africa and we are looking for organizations to help us fund an IT project. Thus far we have only found orgs that like to either do their own projects or send old computers. There is a large group of experienced volunteers here who just need money to plan and execute projects with in country suppliers (it's amazing how much can be done with a couple thousand dollars on the local market). Does the Slashdot community have suggestions for organizations that like to help fund IT related projects in the developing world?"

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I hear SCO... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-12-08 23:08 · Score: 1, Funny

...will donate Linux licences worth around 700 a piece... ;P
Re:Money's a funny thing by nomadic · 2006-12-09 08:43 · Score: 2, Funny

Sorry to be suspicious, but whenever I see people asking for charity saying 'don't give us equipment or services, give us money', I get suspicious regarding what the money is really going to be used for. Maybe it's just me.

I know, I mean "the Peace Corps"? They sound like some shady fly-by-night scam...has anyone even heard of them?