What we do
We provide professional references to hackers willing to use their technical skills to help charities through our technical services initiative. We collect "swag" and distribute it as school supplies to students in underdeveloped countries through our "Swag for Charities" campaign. We accept equipment and financial donations to build computer classrooms in underdeveloped countries through our classroom initiative. We also provide hosting services and technical support to charities that can not afford a web site, or lack the technical resources to maintain one. In a nutshell, we're a group of hackers working together in very interesting ways to make a real difference in this world.
Latest Post:
Connecting AOET Kenya
We spent money. The workers at AOET Kenya rely on Internet connectivity. While it may seem strange to think that an AIDS organization in Webuye, Kenya has such a reliance, it is still a fact. Staff members frequently communicate via email with the AOET International Coordination Office (ICO) in Uganda and with donors and sponsors around the world to ensure that business continues and that much needed funding is secured. In order to do that, they would travel via public transport to the nearest Internet cafe–a two-hour round trip drive–and pay per-minute rates for a slow, shared connection. If one cafe was closed, they would travel to another cafe in an attempt to get their work done. Although it was a tough way to work, they did this for a very long time because they could not afford their own wireless modem, which cost $200US.
I’m proud to say that Hackers for Charity has stepped in to fill that need. We expensed the money for a Huawei Technologies USB Modem Model E220, like the one shown below.
I was delighted to receive the following email from Joseph, the first email sent from his desk in Webuye:
Hello Johnny,
Greetings from Kenya. Thank you so much for your support for the work in Kenya. Please pass our appreciation to Hackers for Charity. This message is being sent from my office desk connected to the Huawei Tchnologies USB Modem Model E220, using Safaricom as the service providers. I will let Danstone make the official communication. All we have to do now is to keep loading airtime either on monthly basis KES 2000 (about $33US) The convenience, the flexibility and the speed is equally good for one computer. I want to see if we can have two or so connected on network and see what speed we can get. Thanks again.Greet all the folks, the family and the Hackers for Charity.
Your brother,
Joseph
