Category: Project Summary
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Skilled Volunteering Program Brings Data-Driven Systems to Kolkata-Based Nonprofit
Over the past three months, Team4Tech facilitated an impactful skilled volunteering project connecting ten employees from Guidewire Software with staff from Ek Tara, an education-focused nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in India. After months of virtual collaboration, skilled volunteers traveled to Kolkata, India to support Ek Tara with the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation platform…
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University Interns Lead ICT Training in Uganda
This summer, Team4Tech facilitated an 8-week University Internship Program connecting graduate and undergraduate students from Middlebury College and Dartmouth College with staff from The African SOUP on-site in Uganda. A Nonprofit Empowering Communities and Developing Digital Literacy The African SOUP is a burgeoning educational organization working to empower communities through national primary education change. SOUP…
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Impactful Volunteer Experience Accelerating NGO Impact in Cambodia
Over the past three months, Team4Tech facilitated an impactful project connecting 11 skilled volunteers from Cadence Design Systems with staff from PEPY Empowering Youth (PEPY). After months of virtual collaboration, skilled volunteers traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia to implement solutions on site. A Community-Based NGO Empowering Cambodian Youth During Cambodia’s infamous Khmer Rouge regime in…
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Salesforce Volunteers Collaborate with LEAP Science and Maths Schools in South Africa on Educational Infrastructure
In April 2024, eight skilled volunteers from Salesforce participated in an on-site Team4Tech project to support LEAP Science and Maths Schools in South Africa. Providing High-Quality Education to the Future Leaders of South Africa It is estimated that the South African education system produces just one graduate for every 100 children who start Grade 1.…
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Skilled Volunteers Support Makerspace Initiatives, Student Mentorship, and Design Thinking at Gashora Girls Academy in Rwanda
In April 2024, skilled volunteers from Salesforce participated in an on-site Team4Tech project to support Gashora Girls Academy of Science and Technology (GGAST) in Rwanda. A Rwandan School with a Vision of Leading in Innovative Education Located in the Bugesera District of Rwanda, about an hour outside of the capital city of Kigali, Gashora Girls…
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Continued Impact for Women and Girls In Uganda Through Employee Volunteering
In our latest employee volunteering program, Team4Tech connected a skilled team from Cadence Design Systems with staff from our long-time NGO partner, Women In Technology Uganda (WITU), to empower young women and girls in Kampala through hands-on technology training and career development. Bridging the Technological Gender Gap 74% of Ugandans between the ages of 15-25…
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Skilled Volunteers Recommend Data Solutions for Learners in Rural India
Over the past 3 months, Team4Tech connected a team of 15 skilled volunteers from Adobe’s EMEA offices to collaborate with staff from Reach To Teach (RTT), a nonprofit in India whose mission is to make learning more joyful. The assembled project team co-designed technology solutions addressing critical constraints to access and connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh,…
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Employee Volunteers From Zendesk Impact Learners In South Africa and India
Continued Corporate Social Impact with a Valued Partner Zendesk, a company providing software-as-a-service products, is a Team4Tech corporate partner, supporting our work accelerating impact for education-focused NGOs. Since their first engagement with Team4Tech in 2021, Zendesk employee volunteers have contributed to meaningful social impact through many exciting projects all over the world, including: In 2023,…
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Developing Curricula for Students in a Rural Maasai Community in Tanzania with Employee Volunteers
Employee volunteers from Barracuda Networks joined Team4Tech staff for another transformative virtual project driving positive change for learners in Tanzania. In a rural Maasai community in northwest Tanzania, 78% of households live below the poverty line of $1.25/day, and girls and women face severe gender discrimination. Orkeeswa, an education nonprofit and Team4Tech NGO partner, serves…
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Bolstering Organizational Capacity to Better Serve Indian Youth
Inner Development for Youth in Underserved Communities In Bihar, one of India’s most historically impoverished states, high poverty rates have dire implications for marginalized groups—like women and girls. With limited access to education and economic opportunities, many young girls marry and have children before the age of 18. WorldBeing (formerly CorStone) is an NGO delivering…
