Los Angeles, CA

About World Computer Exchange Chapters

World Computer Exchange depends on chapter volunteers to help us accomplish our mission. Volunteers help:

• Raise Sponsorship funds to help WCE Partners with the last 1/3 of the sourcing and shipping costs (this includes Rotary Clubs)
• Coordinate marketing for public computer donation events, eCorps recruitment, volunteer recruitment, speakers bureau, and press releases for shipments
• Pick-up, inventory, test and pack donated used computers
• Recruit eCorps tech volunteers from local universities and community and organize Speakers Bureau and work with local universities and high schools on community service, pairings, interns
• Recruit, organize and nurture volunteers to help with Chapter & field work including for eWaste, eCorps, and capacity building

About the Los Angeles Chapter

Our Los Angeles Chapter is currently looking for additional drop-off, testing, and/or possibly storage space in LA.  Please let us know if you have any ideas.

Interested in volunteering? Let us know by filling out our volunteer form.

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When we pick-up donations, we ask for a voluntary pick-up donation of $10 per computer to help us cover our transportation and storage costs.

See Gear We Can Use for more gear ideas to donate.

Volunteer Opportunities

We are seeking additional drop-off, testing, and/or possibly storage space in LA.  Please let us know if you have any ideas. 

News

Computers that were previously donated in Los Angeles were driven to San Francisco and were included in a shipment to connect schools in Nepal.

Steering Committee

• Cherif Saar, WCE Los Angeles Coordinator
• Mario Matute, WCE Programme Officer for El Salvador
• Irfan Niaz, WCE Programme Officer for Afghanistan & Pakistan
• James Sutandyo, WCE Sponsor Fund Raising Team
• Jill Wells, Member, WCE Education Committee

Volunteering

We need volunteers from Los Angeles to help with fundraising, with marketing for public computer donation events, eCorps recruitment, volunteer recruitment, speakers bureau, and press releases for shipments. We are a very active Chapter and need volunteers with help us pick-up, inventory, test and pack donated used computers. Getting the word out and recruit eCorps tech volunteers from local universities and community, organize Speakers Bureau and work with local universities and high schools on community service, pairings, interns. Recruit, organize and nurture volunteers to help with Chapter & field work including for eWaste, eCorps, and capacity building.

Donor Honor Roll

• Becsen Wisdom Kalajian Inc.
• Broad Spire
• Staples Center
• Vizional Technologies