This is a sponsor proposal detailing the funding needed to support this ambitious project to bring 200 computers to 15 schools in Jamaica. Please read through this proposal to learn more about the details of what the WCE can provide. All of part of the funding request would be great!

1. Sponsor Hope for Jamaica
Request: $25,000 (all or part) for a project to increase access to the opportunities, skills and understanding
of the Internet for more youth in schools and libraries in Jamaica. This funding leverages an additional
$100,000 (4 X) in matching funds & in-kind resources for this project. Funding of this project will:
• Develop the leadership and capacity of 5 WCE Partner organizations so that they will be stronger for
this project and for their future projects in all fields
• Pre-load computers with Operating System, Office Suite and some educational content in English
Including HIV/AIDS and reading content
• Provide 200 refurbished computer equipment for Internet labs in 15 schools to connect 7,000
students to the opportunities, skills and understanding of the Internet ~ and to BluWorld
• Send at least 6 volunteer eCorps tech professionals for a two-week, on-site visit to participating
schools providing training, analysis of content needs, and technology troubleshooting support
• Conduct training workshops for at least 30 technology teachers in how to use computers and the
Internet to improve learning via experiential, inter-active, multi-country projects with iEARN
• Build exchanges between 5 pairs of schools in Jamaica and in the States and Canada
Need: In most of the emerging world access to computers and Internet technologies is negligible, with
supporting infrastructure spotty at best. This is true for Jamaica: the average GDP per person is $8,400
compared to $47,400 in the United States, and Internet usage is 55% usage compared to 78% in the USA.
In the 150 secondary schools in Jamaica, 5,500 of the 22,500 students currently have access to computers.
Background: WCE has shipped 200 refurbished computers to Jamaica before. WCE has heard from 18
groups in Jamaica, including iEARN-Jamaica and the Marcus Garvey Foundation, that have expressed
interest in receiving more computers. Peace Corps Volunteers in Jamaica have expressed interest in
participating in this project. WCE has extensive experience working with Peace Corps Volunteers. WCE has
shipped computers to Peace Corps Volunteers in: Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala,
Honduras, Malawi, Moldova, Philippines, Senegal and Tanzania.
Timeline: Sponsors funding initiates a one year implementation:
• Months 1-Ongoing: WCE Partner development with the 5 participating Partner organizations
• Months 4-7: 200 computers shipped by WCE & installed by Partners and schools in 15 schools
• Months 7-10: eCorps tech professional team arrives to train, upgrade & troubleshoot
• Months 9-11: WCE with iEARN provide workshop for 30 teachers and WCE arranges for student
BluMail accounts
Sponsorship Benefits: (if giving $25,000 or more)
• Generate press visibility in Jamaica and the USA via a press release distributed via Business Wire
• Receive premier positioning in our newsletter and website
• Have your name featured in arriving container
• Show your community that you care about Jamaica
• Offer your local and global employees volunteer opportunities
• Provide visible help to schools in Jamaica where you have or want a presence
• Help reduce carbon footprint by reuse of technology
• Opportunity to deploy your development-related services via our network
• Opportunity to take a visible lead as a green company in Jamaica
Strategic Allies: WCE leverages the resources of our 25 global educational and environmental allies to
provide our Partner organizations with needed assistance. WCE will work with the following allies:

2. • iEARN - Jamaica • Association of Dir. Of National Libraries
• Rotary Clubs Jamaica • Salesian Missions
• Peace Corps Jamaica • Marcus Garvey Foundation
Project Budget:
EXPENSE Sponsors Govt. / School In-Kind Total
Other Communities Donations
Online Partner Development $5,000 $0 $0 $5,000 $10,000
200 Refurbished Computers $4,220 $3,665 $3,665 $24,000 $35,550
Preloaded Content $1,150 $1,000 $1,000 $3,000 $6,150
Ocean Shipping $1,265 $1,100 $1,100 $0 $3,465
On-Site Technology Training $7,950 $0 $0 $52,950 $60,900
On-Site Teacher Training $2,500 $0 $0 $2,500 $5,000
Online School Exchanges $1,150 $0 $0 $1,000 $2,150
Liaison with Sponsor/PR $1,765 $0 $0 $0 $1,765
Per Country: $25,000.00 $5,765.00 $5,765.00 $88,450.00 $124,980.00
On-Line Partner Development: WCE staff and 4 WCE Development Officers for Jamaica provide long-
term online development and recruitment of resources from WCE Strategic Allies to 5 vetted WCE Partner
organizations. They assist with sustainable project planning, partnership development, fund raising,
technology & computer recycling. Costs: Recruitment & coordination of Development Officers and Strategic
Allies. In-Kind: The donated time of volunteer Development Officers at $50 per hour for a total of 70 hours.
Refurbished Computers: 200 Refurbished Pentium 4 desktop computers with monitors, keyboard, mice,
cables, power cords, extra parts, printers and peripherals. Costs: 1/3 of the computer sourcing costs are
requested from the Sponsors. WCE will assist the Partner in raising 1/3 inside Jamaica. The other 1/3 is
requested from the local school and library communities to: demonstrate the priority they place on
computers, give them a sense of ownership & help them learn fund raising for all of their prior projects. In-
Kind: $120 (equipment value after sourcing cost deducted) x 200 computers = $24,000.
Preloaded Content: English versions of the Ubuntu operating system, Open Office and some educational
content. We also have the following content in English that WCE has developed for when the computers
cannot be online: education, culture, agriculture, health, entrepreneurship, leadership, computer recycling,
technology, potable water and solar energy. This will include HIV/AIDS education and content for teaching
reading to the adults after school hours. Costs: shares same as for computers above. In-Kind: Developers
of the content package.
Ocean Shipping: Direct cost of ocean shipping to the port. Costs: shares same as for computers above.
On-Site Technology Training: At least 6 WCE eCorps volunteer tech professionals will spend 2 weeks
visiting participating schools. They will work closely with a local team to provide training, tech trouble-
shooting and evaluate the status, use & impact of the computers. WCE has sent eCorps teams to Dominican
Republic, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania & Zimbabwe (Sept. 2011). Costs: ½ is requested from the
Sponsors and ½ from the volunteers themselves. Flight, orientation, in-country travel, lodging, food, visa,
inoculations, insurance & coordination average $3,000 each. In-Kind: Each volunteer eCorps tech
professional donates 100 hours valued at $75 per hour = $7,500 per volunteer x 6 = $45,000 total plus their
$7,950 contributed toward travel.
On-Site Teacher Training: iEARN-Jamaica (www.iEARN.org), led by Donna Powell, will guide WCE
volunteers in providing a workshop for 2 technology teachers from each of the 15 schools in the use of the
Internet to improve student learning via online multi-country, inter-active, experiential projects. We are doing
similar projects with iEARN-Dominican Republic, iEARN Zimbabwe and iEARN-Mexico. WCE has shipped
to iEARN in: Macedonia, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. Costs: The costs cover an
iEARN training person’s travel and lodging and funds for teacher costs. In-Kind: In most cases the teachers
will volunteer their time and be responsible for their travel expenses.
School Exchanges: WCE staff to build online exchanges via webcams between 5 pairs of primary and
secondary schools in Georgia and the United States. Funds for 5 webcams included.
World Computer Exchange provides refurbished technology, Partner development, tailored content,
technology training, school exchanges and recycling consulting. Our 700 volunteers assist a network of 600
vetted organizations in 71 emerging countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We keep

3. used computers out of landfills to give them new lives connecting young people in schools, universities and
libraries to new skills, understanding and opportunities via the Internet. Our services are enhanced by 25
global educational and environmental Strategic Allies with whom we work to help bridge the digital divide.
WCE works as a virtual organization to keep our costs for our Partners low and our fund raising expenses
below 2%.
Where WCE Has Been Showcased:
Association of National Libraries of Latin America Bentley University
Black Data Processors Association Boston College
Combined Federal Campaign Consumer Electronics Association
Cornell University Institute for African Development Global Cities Dialogue
Harvard Kennedy School iEARN International
Ilia Chavchavadze State University in Georgia Peace Corps
SchoolNet Africa Special Libraries Association
Rotary International Clubs UNESCO
UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development UN ICT Task Force Group on Low Cost Access
Walgreens Corporation World Economic Forum, Digital Divide Initiative
World Technology Network Yale University School of Management
600 WCE Partners in 71 Emerging Countries:
Afghanistan El Salvador Liberia Philippines
Bangladesh Egypt Lithuania Russia
Bénin Ethiopia Macedonia Rwanda
Bolivia Gambia, The Madagascar Sénégal
Bosnia Georgia Malawi Sierra Leone
Botswana Ghana Mali South Africa
Brasil Guatemala México Sri Lanka
Bulgaria Guinea Moçambique Sudan
Burkina Faso Guinea Bissau Moldova Tanzania
Burundi Guyana Morocco Thailand
Cameroon Haiti Mongolia Togo
Chile Honduras Namibia Uganda
Colombia India Nepal Ukraine
Costa Rica Indonesia Nicaragua Venezuela
Côte d'Ivoire Iraq Nigeria Viet Nam
Dem. Rep. of Congo Jamaica Pakistan Zambia
Dominican Republic Jordan Paraguay Zimbabwe
Ecuador Kenya Perú
Featured Relationships:
USAID has funded WCE shipments to: Bangladesh, Guatemala, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova and Senegal.
USAID/Georgia donated computers to WCE for local Partners. WCE was an institutional resource partner in USAID's
dot-EDU program. Peace Corps WCE has shipped computers to Volunteers in: Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana,
Guatemala, Honduras, Malawi, Moldova, Philippines, Senegal and Tanzania. US Embassies acted as consignees for
shipments to El Salvador, Lithuania and Senegal.
United Nations: UNDP has funded WCE shipments to Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria and Zambia. UNRWA
funded a WCE shipment to Jordan. WCE has been a member of the Access Working Group of the UN ICT Task Force
and a resource partner to UNESCO. Over the past two years, WCE has been working to develop a UN Global Alliance
for ICT in Development project on refurbished computers.
Rotary: WCE has received support from Rotary Clubs in Canada and the USA to ship refurbished computers to projects
assisted by Rotary Clubs in: Afghanistan, Bolivia, El Salvador, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Mali, Mexico and
Tanzania. Mali is the first to be matched by Rotary International.
Financial Sponsors: Aaxxis Group, A & S Davis Trust, Barnes & Thornburg, Biomet 3, Casamance Renaissance
Foundation, Consumer Electronics Assoc., Degenkolb Engineers, Ference Ins., Flatiron Practical Management, Forrest
Systems, Gelber Foundation, Gill Family Fund, Google, Global Education First, Inderscience Publishers, Int’l. Centre for
Genetic Engineer & Biotechnology, Akers Trust, Jerusalem Fund, John Snow Int’l, Joyner Construction, McLaughlin-
Rotman Centre for Global Health, Middle East Children’s Alliance, New Horizons Computer Training Centers, One World
Foundation of New York, Phoenix International, Rocking Moon Foundation, SANLUIS Rassini International, Silva
Brothers Construction, Starrett City Associates, Strategic Group, Phoenix Int. Freight, Sun Microsystems and the
Washington Post Foundation.
In-Kind Donors: A & E, Aramex, Associated Press, A.T. Cross, British Airways, Carlsberg, Clinton Foundation, Eli Lilly,
Fidelity Investments, Fryes, Gartner, General Motors, Harvard University, Houghton Mifflin, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, League of Women Voters, Mercy Corps, National Association of Home Builders, National Geographic, National
Labor Relations Board, Nature Conservancy, Nissan Canada, Nixon Peabody, Ottawa Police, Pathfinder, QuikTrip,

4. Reuters, Siemens, Special Olympics, Sun Microsystems, Turner Construction, US District Courts, US General Services
Administration, Verizon, Walgreens, Xerox & Yale University.
7 July 2011
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