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Workshop Success!
Goal met! TechCharities recently teamed up with Digitunity and Easter Seals- Goodwill and provided multiple workshops and helped over 100 individuals learn more about Cybersecurity and Internet Basics! We were able to provide people with the basic skills and knowledge needed to use digital devices and tools to engage in today’s digital world. Each participant was given a free Chromebook. We hope to do more workshops in the future! A special thanks to Jennifer Foster @ Easter Seals- Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain Inc for providing the space and helping to arrange each workshop.
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INTERNET BASICS AND CYBERSECURITY WORKSHOPS
Workshop #2 was a success! Participants learned about Internet Basics and Cybersecurity! What is ‘Internet Basics’? This in-person workshop is for those who are new to the internet or want to build more confidence finding information online and navigating websites. Attendees will learn about web browsers and search engines, build skills to navigate the internet, and discover tips and tricks for basic and advanced searching online. What is ‘Cybersecurity’? This in-person workshop is for those who are interested in safety online and want to protect themselves from fraudsters and scams. It will build participants’ confidence when they are visiting websites, creating passwords, and responding to email. ONE WORKSHOP LEFT! Join us…
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DIGITAL LITERACY
It’s more important than ever for everyone to have basic digital literacy skills. With support from @Digitunity and @ATT, TECHCHARITIES will be providing a free digital literacy program in Salt Lake City! We look forward to helping everyone develop basic skills to use technology more confidently and safely. Please email admin@techcharities.org if interested in attending one of our last two workshops! Workshop #2 will be August 4th and Workshop #3 will be September 1st! A special thanks to Jennifer Foster @ Easter Seals- Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah for hosting the workshops!
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The Lord’s Hands
TechCharities partners with organizations like, The Lord’s Hands. Their mission is to help BYU Pathway students in Africa. Steve K Mutombo serves as the President of The Lord’s Hands. He is a remarkable leader with vision and persistence. In the picture above, he is standing next to two of his trusted members of his advisory board, Lorri Cummings and RickHutchins. Steve, always gracious, sent the following letter to the staff at TechCharities. Dear Partners at Tech Charity: Thanks to our partnership, we have been able to reach more students than ever before and equip them with the necessary tools to pursue their academic dreams. The laptops that you have helped…
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Help Start Education Foundation (HSEF)
TechCharities has teamed up with Help Start Education Foundation (HSEF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. HSEF provides computers to BYU-Pathway students in underdeveloped areas where the cost of education is beyond their economic reach. Donations to Help Start Education Foundation along with donations to TechCharities are used to help cover the costs of TechCharities to acquire, refurbish, and ship the computers to the student. The purpose of HSEF is summarized on their website: “With donated funds from contributors, students from across many Pacific Islands, West Africa, and the Philippines are receiving computers to work on and complete their online BYU Pathway certificates and degrees from universities such as BYU-Idaho.” HSEF VISION…
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International Efforts
How easy is it to do home work on a cell phone? It is not easy! That is why TechCharities is committed to helping every student get a laptop for their school work. Over the past several years, TechCharities has provided over 2500 laptops to students. Many of the students are BYU Pathway students in Utah, Africa, and Pacific Islands. This has been possible because of a partnership with other non profit agencies and individuals that have helped to fund and distribute the laptops. BYU Pathway Students in Calabar, Uyo, and Akwaibom meet at the Nigeria Calabar Stake April 3, 2023 to receive laptops. The laptops were provided to these students…
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The Journal of Nonprofit Innovation (JoNI) Spotlight
TechCharities has been SPOTLIGHTED in The Journal of Nonprofit Innovation (JoNI)! What is The Journal for Nonprofit Innovation? JoNI is proudly produced and published by WikiCharities and Brigham Young University. This journal is dedicated to academic research and thought papers on community and global issues. Read the full article below!
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TechCharities is now WikiCharities Validated!
What is WikiCharities validation? Validation by WikiCharities means that a nonprofit has been evaluated by WikiCharities in key areas of organization and management and is certified to be fully transparent. Key areas include contact, philosophy and approach, financial health, and impact. WikiCharities makes the information provided by the nonprofit publicly viewable. Click HERE to go to our Wikicharities page!
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Wasatch Community Gardens’ Green Phoenix Farm
Jackie Rodabaugh is amazing. She is from Wasatch Community Gardens, ‘Green Phoenix Farm’, a 1.38 acre nonprofit urban farm located in west downtown Salt Lake City. The ‘Green Team’ donates all produce to low income families, and also provides a job training program for farm-based employment, work readiness training, job placement assistance, and mentoring for women facing homelessness. Program partners help support these women in accessing safe, affordable, and long-term housing. This 12 week program helps women regain a sense of personal self-worth. They work with mentors to set healthy goals and a plan of action to become self-sustaining. Green Phoenix Farm is also a place for individuals and groups…
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International Support
Have you ever tried to write a term paper, solve a math problem, or take an exam on your cell phone? Almost impossible? Yet many students are doing their best to complete school with nothing more than their phone. TechCharities and many others are committed to help close the gap. As of October 31, TechCharities, in partnership with others, has provided 1653 computers to students internationally. It has been a busy year. Here is a summary: . Laptops Chromebooks Desktops Cyprus 60 DR Congo 4 25 Ghana 58 600 …