Providence, RI

WCE Providence Chapter

Contact

Status

Not Accepting Dropoffs Contact the email address above for more information.

Currently recruiting students at Brown. Always looking for people with vans to carry computers on their way to Boston.

Activities

• Acquiring computer donations in Providence from individuals and companies.
• Recruiting adults with good technology skills from Providence to help WCE partners in developing countries to develop an implementation plan for the use of used computers in their local schools.
• Recruiting K-12 teachers in Providence to act as sister-teachers to teachers in developing countries that are new to technology.
• Recruiting community service programs in Providence high schools and universities to help with our local activities and to staff online help desks for a group of schools in a developing country that are new to technology.
• Recruiting a small team of volunteer "Internet Ambassadors" from Providence high schools and universities who are willing to visit and train local youth about technology and the Internet in exchange for learning about local history and culture.

Volunteering

We need volunteers from Providence to help to accomplish the following five tasks:

• Pick-up, inventory, test and pack donated used computers
• Coordinate public computer donation events and related marketing
• Recruit participation of local universities and high schools
• Raise sponsorship funds to help WCE Partners with the last 1/3 of the sourcing and shipping costs
• Recruit volunteers to help WCE with our work in the field or to be a tech volunteer on one of our eCorps trips