WHO WE ARE: OrphanIT is an internationally award winning, non profit with a difference.
We’ve delivered over US$100,000 of outsourced ICT jobs to youth at telecentres in developing nations remotely since 2001. We’ve also helped raise over AU$500,000 which has gone towards helping youth in developing nations with scholarships, IT training, special dispensations leading towards offline and online jobs, which in many cases, our network has provided. Several of our projects have gone onto win international awards for NGO sustainability. OrphanIT’s mission is very focused on the “Business Not Aid” approach.
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WHAT WE’RE DOING: We have been involved in educating and employing youth at telecentres (Wikipedia description - Telecentre) since 2001 starting with our involvement in funding/building/managing the 1st telecentre in the Philippines located in Taft Avenue, Ermita.
That centre has now been succesfully integrated into a microfinance organisation working with over 10,000 families in the local baranguays of Manila City.In order to be able to take these sustainable, job creation programs to more communities we have been working with a team of open source software developers to create new tools which can be used by the most junior telecentre student through to the most senior teacher, developer or programmer at almost any telecentre worldwide. This software is called ORCA and we anticipate it will be available in over 12 languages by the end of 2007.
This open source, multilingual, website building tool allows telecentres students with little or no HTML skills to build code compliant, Google-friendly websites with zero technical difficulties. The end user is walked through a step by step wizard, in their language, for the setup of each website they build for a remote client or their own community.Glow Graduates
What separates the ORCA website building platform from other content management systems are it’s multilingual capabilities, it’s very compliant, best of breed code and it’s inbuilt, automatic search engine optimization tools.ORCA is already successfully being tested in several centres we are working with in the Philippines, India, Brazil, Bangladesh and shortly Africa. We expect to be able to release a beta version into the telecentre movement mid 2007.
There will be a small NGO hosting fee which we are finalizing details of now.
WHY WE ARE DOING IT: By creating easy-to-use software tools that are custom built for telecentres worldwide we believe that more telecentres can become self sustainanble in the long run. There are many centres in developing nations and emerging market communities. with just dial-up internet access, who can use ORCA to build websites and other Remote IT services for their own clients around the world and earn a decent and real income for themselves and their families. OrphanIT helps with this whole process.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BE INVOLVED: This Open Source platform will be available at at SustainableTelecentres.com in 2007. You can assist by doing some of the following things:* Clicking the button on SolvePoverty.com once a day
* Asking about Getting Involved as a Volunteer or Sponsor - OrphanIT.com
* Asking for a Quote from our Cause Related Copywriting Business - TheSearchWriter.com
* Asking for a Quote from our Cause Related Web Design Business BlackSunWeb.com
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: This Web Building platform is a world first in the digital divide community and the methodology has been field tested over the last three years. It has been proven to successfully provide significant extra income to the telecentre communities we have been working with.
It is in essence Cause Related Outsourcing. As opposed to just outsourcing to some pure profit making firm you now have the option of outsourcing, getting the same service, at the same price and helping build communities in developing nations.
We are a registered charity in Manila, Philippines with a support headquarters based in Byron Bay, Australia and currently operate several, award winning, aid development websites and several key consultancy contracts with leading corporate and development agencies delivering innovative and sustainable ICT4D programs for youth projects in developing nations.
YSEI
A key program we are currently working on in the social entrepreneurship field is called www.YSEI.org
Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) is a high-engagement social venture program for emerging young social entrepreneurs in developing countries.Through the Emergence Fellowship , YSEI aims to invest in young visionaries who have big ideas and who need crucial startup support to turn their ideas into action. The start-up support includes:
• Startup financing up to USD15,000
• Essential development knowledge & tools on social entrepreneurship
• Technical consulting through mentorship
• Access to diverse networks
On a practical level, some of the qualities of the ventures we invest in are:• Social ventures with blended values (value creation that consists of economic, social and/or environmental value components)
• Information & communication technologies (ICTs) are recognized as an integral part of the venture/solution-provided
• Ventures are led by youth from developing countries aged between 19 to 30 years
• Ventures that are specifically targeted to poverty reduction, improving disadvantaged/marginalized groups, environmental protection, gender equality & human rights
We currently operate several aid development websites and several key consultancy contracts with leading corporate and development agencies delivering innovative and sustainable ICT4D programs for youth projects in developing nations including the social entrepreneurship program www.YSEI.org
We're a capacity building non profit organisation, created to provide an effective and results driven consultancy service to telecentres and ICT groups in developing nations. Our primary focus areas are:
Training - Coaching - Mentorship - Jobs - Sustainability - Profitability - We Invite You To Get Involved !!!
Best Regards
Simon Healy
BlackSunWeb.com - OrphanIT.com - SolvePoverty.com - SustainableTelecentres.com
