eCorps
eCorps is our international service program where volunteers travel to work, meet, and plan projects with our partners.
Our eCorps Tech is our travel program focused on helping partners who have previously received computers from us. We develop specific eCorps project plans with our Partners, recruit volunteers, orient them, plan the trip and then evaluate the project.
eCorps Travelers program is geared towards those already planning to go to one of the countries in our network. Volunteers meet with WCE's partners and potential partners to plan our next shipment of computers, evaluate and write stories about the status, use, and impact of our prior shipments to the country as well as explore their interest in one of our initiatives.
So…Take a Trip!!
Experience the beautiful foothills of the Himalayas, the vibrant villages in El Salvador, or the grandeur of Mt. Kilimanjaro while contributing your expertise and skills to help youth.
Every year WCE organises a volunteer trip to help our partners around the world.
For information on eCorps Nicaragua (March 30 to April 14) and eCorps Tanzania (August 3-18) please click to the right.
2011 trips:
Nepal, Zimbabwe,The Dominican Republic
For two weeks, teams of volunteers work together with our Partners assisting them with troubleshooting, training and technical support, community orientation about technology and Internet issues, educational use of the Internet as well as the appropriate disposal of electronic waste. To be eligible, volunteers must be 21 years of age, have some prior tech skills - plus a willingness to participate in technology-related tasks and education. Visit with local families and enjoy a variety of opportunities to experience the local culture. Expenses related to eCorps trips are tax-deductible as allowed by the government of the home country of participating volunteers. We provide letters for our volunteers to use in raising their needed funds.
For more information on the trips email us at ecorps@worldcomputerexchange.org
Experience eCorps: Read the story about our team in Nigeria in August 2008 or watch the YouTube video about our shipment to Senegal.
WCE "Travelers"
WCE regularly needs Development Officers and other individual volunteers to visit a developing country to help meet with groups that are interested in WCE. They meet with WCE's Partners and potential Partners to plan our next shipment of computers and to evaluate and write stories about the status, use, and impact of our prior shipments to the country. We also ask eCorps Travelers to take digital pictures for our website. Here is a sample report from one of our "Travelers" as well as a story about the work of one of our "Travelers".
Some of the countries recently visited by WCE volunteers: Armenia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania.
Planning a trip to a developing country? Let us know - email us at ecorps@worldcomputerexchange.org
