Hackers? For Charity?
In general, a hacker is “a skilled computer expert that uses their technical knowledge to creatively overcome a problem”. We are hackers (most of us security experts) that use our superpowers to make the world a better place. We highlight projects and acts of service and help flatten the learning curve so you can join us.
-Francis of Assisi
-Vince Lombardi
-James Green Somerville
Recent Stories
Leather training begins!
I spent a lot of hours in the past few days preparing for our first leather training class. I created a document that showed photographs and instructions for every single step. I wanted to make sure that if my words [...]
Jinja Connection
I met the folks at Jinja Connection a few years ago and I really admired the work they were doing because they were working with “Street Kids” and that’s no easy job. Living in one of the poorest places on the planet [...]
Vertical again
After a long bout of malaria, I'm finally vertical. This was a really rough bout. So I started pretty slow. Yesterday morning I pulled together the final details for a new microcenter (details soon), worked on a few iPhones, repaired a laptop [...]
Sanctuary of Grace Gulu – Final Install
This classroom finally came together, and we were thrilled with the result. The room was AMAZING. It was well laid out, weatherproof, and pretty secure. We're thinking of tiling the floors to keep down the dust, but other than that, the room [...]
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