Geekcorps Volunteer Featured in Volunteers for Prosperity Annual Report
9 March 2007 in Press, News, SNADD by Geekcorps
Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) was established as a result of a Presidential Executive Order to encourage international voluntary service by highly skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity worldwide. This agenda is represented by a number of Presidential initiatives including the Digital Freedom Initiative. IESC Geekcorps is a VfP partner.
In VfP’s 2006 Annual Report, Geekcorps volunteer Lado Kenyi, a research scholar at the University of Maryland at College Park, is featured (see page 14 of the annual report). Lado discovered the volunteer opportunity in his country of origin through IESC Geekcorps’ Sudanese North American Diaspora Database, or SNADD.
SNADD.org is the primary resource for identifying Sudanese in the North American Diaspora interested in participating in short/long term assignments in Southern Sudan. It broadens the base for participation by Sudanese, including coordination with existing Diaspora databases.
Related Links:
>> Learn more about Lado Kenyi’s experience
>> Learn more about SNADD
>> Volunteers for Prosperity Annual Report (PDF)
>> Volunteers for Prosperity Website
Papou Coulibaly is young boutique owner in Ouélessébougou. Previously, Geekcorps partnered with Papou to create a Cybertigi - an Internet access point for the local community via a wireless link to a Community Information & Learning Center (CLIC).