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- EIN 46-1028799
- (919) 240-4622
- 1906 E Nc Hwy 54 Ste 100f Durham NC 27713-2284 USA
- www.widernet.org
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Causes: Computer Science, Technology
Mission: The widernet project works to deliver educational resources, knowledge and training to underprivileged individuals and communities worldwide and improve their digital communication. The widernet project is a non-profit organization based in chapel hill, nc and affiliated with the school of information and library science at the university of north carolina, chapel hill. The widernet project serves many people who lack internet connectivity and information resources, but its work focuses especially on the needs in developing countries. It is the mission of the widernet project to make educational resources and training opportunities available to those challenged by economic or geographic advertisity so that they can join the rest of the world on an economically sustainable level.
Programs: The widernet project has delivered egranary digital libraries to schools, clinics, and universities in africa, india, bangladesh, and haiti. While training approximately 5,000 people on topics including policy planning, enterprise management, technician training, and classroom technology, the widernet project has provided training and research in low cost, high impact uses of information technologies in developing countries.
the widernet project has delivered egranary digital libraries to schools,