Last year, I participated with my company in the Kendall Square Challenge, where we had the opportunity to support TEL. After learning about their mission and the impact of their projects, we chose to join the event and raise funds on their behalf. They have a dedicated team and it was inspiring to contribute to an organization making a real difference.
I'm proud to support TEL and their mission. What I admire most is their approach of working hand in hand with communities to adopt technologies that people truly want and need. I’ve been following their work since the project in Uganda, where they provided young women with the tools and training to access sanitary products and stay in school.
I've been a recurring donor to TEL because of their clear commitment to supporting vulnerable communities and their ability to maintain low overhead while delivering meaningful results.
I've partnered with TEL for the last couple years and I admire the passionate and caring team behind it. They go above and beyond to get things done and support the most vulnerable communities while also supporting social entrepreneurs like us, to reach more users and create more impact.
I truly appreciate the work carried out by TEL. It is an action-oriented nonprofit dedicated to supporting communities with a development-focused approach. It balances innovation and tradition in a way that respects
The Solutions Toolbox has been super helpful for finding affordable and practical clean water solutions. We came across ideas like the clay pot cooler, easy to make, low-cost, and perfect for our needs. It’s a great go-to when you're looking for simple solutions that actually work.
I've known about TEL for over a decade and have been impressed with them from the beginning. They take a community-based, bottom-up approach to technology adoption, taking the needs, resources, and perspectives of the communities with which they work seriously. TEL understands that technologies can be life-altering but are only truly sustainable long-term if introduced in ways that make sense for local contexts and on-the-ground realities. The impact of TEL's projects has been impressive and speaks to the dedication and expertise they possess in building a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future for all.
I've been a supporter of Tech Exchange Lab (TEL) for several years and continue to be impressed by their mission and impact. Their website is an incredible resource, offering practical, low-cost technology solutions aimed at solving real challenges in underserved communities around the world. I appreciate how transparent and mission-driven they are, and I'm proud to support an organization that bridges technology and equity so effectively. Highly recommend exploring their work!
I volunteered with TEL and what a great team! I enjoyed learning about all their solutions and impact they are making in the many communities around the world.
As someone in international development, I’ve seen how TEL builds meaningful partnerships with local organizations to help communities access the solutions they need. Their focus on collaboration and practical implementation makes their work both effective and sustainable.
I've worked with TEL for several years, and it's always been a strongly mission-driven organization powered by enthusiastic, bright people! Great to see how TEL has grown over the years!
The Technology Exchange Lab partners with our program, the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation at MIT, in several facets of our technology evaluation work. They're an absolute delight to work with, always ready to share fantastic insights from their work and full of ideas on how to better disseminate the knowledge and lessons learned our organizations are cultivating together.
The TEL team was fantastic to work with -- genuinely excited and passionate about their subject area in a way that made the work both more engaging and more fun. The way it should be!
TEL is a wonderful resource. They seem to really care about alleviating poverty in the world. They helped our organization by listing us in their database as a telecommunications solutions provider. Speaking with them via email, their staff have always been friendly and helpful. - Eric Bryant, Text Engine
Technology Exchange Lab is a fantastic organization working to provide a direct link between solution providers and consumers. Its members are intelligent, dedicated, and passionate about forwarding the organization's mission of supplying high-impact, low-cost technology and encouraging innovation. As TEL continues to grow, it has the power to create widespread, meaningful change and I eagerly look forward to what the future holds for them.
TEL's unique and differentiated opportunity to bring necessary technology to the underserved really has the potential to create a category-defining non-profit. Interesting people, interesting ideas, and the resources to take real action.
Working with TEL has been such a rewarding experience. It has been eye opening to understand and truly appreciate the different types of technologies that can impact the world in wonderful ways. TEL is a great bridge for solution providers and consumers to communicate and be in reach with one another. This is a great resource and opportunity to be used by anyone that is interested in making a difference or figuring out a way to make a difference.
We have worked with TEL as a solution provider on several occasions. They have provided our organization with detailed information and presentations on innovative solutions that can be implemented locally in remote and low-resource countries where we operate. TEL has provided crucial insight into connecting entrepreneurs across the world with the right solutions to fit their needs. The organization is unique and operates under strong leadership.
TEL has entered an exciting growth and expansion phase that can make it a force in the international development space. With an actionable idea that can result in far-reaching impact, TEL is definitely an organisation social entrepreneurs should keep an eye out for!
TEL's mission of bridging the gap between solution providers and solution consumers has a huge potential for impact in economic development.
Technology Exchange Lab is a fantastic organization that will continue to grow and amaze. As a volunteer I've witnessed first hand the levels of openness and collaboration that are key to a healthy organization. Additionally, the connections that TEL has with so many of the creators of such wonderful technologies is quite a feat. The work that they've done bringing all these solutions together so they could be accessed by anyone is tremendously helpful.
Technology Exchange Lab is fixing to become the Consumer Reports of humanitarian tech, providing an unbiased data base of solutions for low-resource settings. They are committed, knowedgable, and patient about this work, while being careful and methodical. It fills a huge vacuum, and needs to be supported and expanded. Bravo!
Technology Exchange Lab aims to bridge the communication gap between field workers and the solutions for their problems. After talking with many non-profit groups at conferences, and with my friends in Engineers Without Borders, quickly finding a simple solution is ironically not that simple, and Technology Exchange Lab is making the right connections to put solutions in the hands of people that really need them.
Technology Exchange Lab offers a great service to help users find low-cost solutions to problems of poverty free of cost and is unique because they offer completely unbiased options over a wide range of sectors. I have found TEL to be particularly useful as an intern because I can apply my education and other interests to these different sectors, particularly sustainable solutions in the database. Everyone involved with the organization is committed and passionate about what they do, which I find is essential in the development of the work we do, along with the constant search for new opportunities.