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 * Organization One:**

The organization is called Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) and they help with housing and homelessness and youth development and education and donate computers to people with those issues. ACCRC are basically restoring old computer parts and refurbishing them to make computers to donate to schools and non-profit organizations. This will help change the issue of digital divide because they are getting more and more people into technology and computers. One thing I like about the organization is it uses recycled products and makes computers which are not expensive. Another thing I liked about them is that they started small and now they are a huge organization. They are donating computers to schools, NGOs, countries like Estonia and Latvia and are setting up a youth center for children to learn about computers and a place to do homework. - You started with nothing and made computers to donate to schools but now you are a huge organization how did you make it to here? -How has your organization changed from the start to now? -Was there difficulties managing your organization?
 * What is the organization? **
 * What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue? **
 * What are some of the things you like about their program? **
 * What are some questions you have about it? **
 * How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it? **
 * We could use 2nd hand computers just like they used recycled things and we could expand our organization like theirs. By starting small by helping a local school in Shanghai and start helping others and eventually start a learning program for kids. **


 * Case Study 2:**

1. What is the specific topic your group decided to focus on?

The specific topic our group chose to focus on is to donate used or second-hand computers to the Wa Chun School and raise enough money to set up an internet network there. We chose to do this because lots of schools around Shanghai or even China because they are unfortunate and doesnt have access to technology. Since Shanghai American School has some relations with the Wa Chun School we plan to start from there and if we are successful then we will move on to other schools around Shanghai and continue to expand our organization.

2. Which organization did you choose to focus on and why?

The organization our group chose to focus on is Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC). They help with housing and homelessness and youth development and education and donate computers to people with those issues. This organization is a great example because of the way they are environmentally friendly, and how they help other people. Our group also are getting used or second-hand computers to schools and they could set a example for us and help us throughout the whole process.

3. What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue?

The ACCRC are trying to combat our issue by taking in old or un-wanted computers, recycling them, and then use the refurbished parts to build cheap, efficient, and environmentally-friendly refurbished computers which they then sell for cheap prices or donate them for free to schools, non-profit organizations and economically and/or phisically disabled people. They are also willing to help keep your old data safe with a number of different methods so that no one that gets your old harddrive will be able to get your private information and property.

4. What are some of the things you like about their program?

One thing I like about the organization is that they use recycled products and makes computers which are not expensive. Another thing I liked about them is that they started small and now they are a huge organization. They are donating computers to schools, NGOs, countries like Estonia and Latvia and are setting up a youth center for children to learn about computers and a place to do homework. Donating computers to various places may help with your publicity and it gives you more oppurtunities to help others.

5. How do you plan to become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it? We could use 2nd hand computers just like they used recycled things and we could expand our organization like theirs. By starting small by helping a local school in Shanghai and start helping others and eventually start a learning program for kids. We could also contact the organization about free computers for the school. In addition to the refurbished computers that we might get from the ACCRC, we could also set up a fundraiser to ask other people for their computers. We can model our action plan after the organization by using ACCRC's method of donating recycled computers to smaller, second-hand schools. **

Related tasks: Make sure to add each source to your resource log.

1. Make a list of relevant articles and statistics on the issue Youth for technology foundation http://www.youthfortechnology.org/frames.html Youth for technology foundation or YTF aims to uplift rural communities in developing countries by providing educational technology and resources. They want to let people learn, explore, and have the same resources that we do even though they live in different places. They have many ways that you can help them and they already have helped a lot in Nigeria, Africa with donating the equipment that they get. They are also partners with many other NGO's and they cooperate together so that they can really help. Community Technology Center Network http://www.ctnbayarea.org/ Community Technology Center Network's mission is to enable organizations to better support underserved communities and facilitate social change through technology resources and training. They educatepeople with computers labs or donate computers to create a computer lab. They teach the person how to operate these and then they let the public come in and then the person or people educate the public.This really helps because it educates the public for free, and they can come in any time to use these computers. 2. Make a list of organizations that people can join to get involved in this issue and petitions that people can sign. People can donate and join YTF because they have helped in developing countries before, they put out your name to show that you donated(if you want them to), and they show and tell you what your donation has done and helped with. Community Technology Center Network because they put out computers for the public to use and train the people so that they can come there anytime they want to learn. There are amounts of people that this can help. Also Help the Humanity you can donate computers or money to to help them donate computers or kinds of technology to other lower countries. They want to help people have technology even at a few people at a time will help.