Initiatives
While WCE focuses on helping to improve opportunities for all youth in developing countries, sometimes there are certain challenges on a larger scale - that if addressed - benefits the larger community.
Computers for Girls
Gender gaps in education are real: Girls face greater hurdles than boys in getting an education and are more likely to leave school long before boys. Girls can't or may not have access to education, computers and the Internet. Home and family obligations, lack of transportation, low-literacy and cultural norms discourage - if not deny - access. Focusing on organizations and schools that specifically support girls education is one way to overcome these barriers.
Among the countries included in this initiative are - Cameroon, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
. Our aim is to connect 91,000 girls by 2015. Learn more
Great opportunity to make a bigger impact:
Make a donation to Computers for Girls and it will be matched $1 for each $3.
Computers for Schools & Libraries in Latin America
Throughout the world, education remains a key component for creating a better future. No where are the hurdles more apparent than in the developing world – 
especially in rural areas - where there are few adequate schools, often over crowded, with limited resources. Libraries - as stewards of knowledge - play an important role in giving children and their communities fresh hope at life and a better future. This is a special project with the Association of Directors of National Libraries of Latin America focusing on 5 Latin American countries - Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru - and impacting 35,000 youth annually by connecting 40 rural branch libraries with 40 schools. Learn more
Responsible Recycling Initiative
The generation of electronic waste or e-waste and its negative impact on the environment and on living-beings is an issue with growing recognition in the international community. WCE advocates for reuse of computers globally. We raise public awareness in developing countries of the need to recycle (www.reciclemos.net) and work to identify and support existing recyclers as well as recruiting local private entrepreneurs to establish regional responsible recycling hubs.
Middle East and North Africa Initiative (MENA)
For economies to thrive, education is key. No matter the country or the region, getting an education is about getting beyond the basics of literacy and having access to the skills, 
understanding and information gained by a 21st century education. Making the shift from a low skill economy to an economy that can compete is one of the surest ways to ensure prosperity, growth and stability. The region known as MENA, Middle East and North Africa, is no exception.
WCE’s MENA Initiative is focused on accelerating access to 21st century education by exploring opportunities to open WCE affiliates as well as Chapters in the region. This, combined with our efforts to increase the number of partners in the region, is our way of catalyzing resources in the region. For more information about this initiativie or about establishing a Chapter in the region contact: tanderson@worldcomputerexchange.org
University of the People
World Computer Exchange has partnered with University of the People (UoPeople), the world's first tuition-free online university, to expand UoPeople's reach in developing nations and strengthening their shared missions of democratized access to education. WCE is now beginning outreach to our partner organisations and contacts in the following six countries: Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Liberia, Palestine and Zimbabwe. For more infomation contact: tanderson@worldcomputerexchange.org
