This document discusses corporate outreach programs focused on education. It provides details of two projects conducted by Intel's Education Service Corps in Kenya in 2010 and Vietnam in 2011. The projects aimed to integrate computers into school curriculum, resolve technical issues, and train teachers and students to improve education and increase access to technology. Volunteers spent 2-3 weeks at locations working directly with children and helping implement new teaching tools using technology. The document encourages finding volunteer opportunities and notes they provide benefits for individuals, companies, and communities.
1. Reignite Your Passion – Making an
Impact Through Corporate Outreach
Renee Defeo & Lisa Depew
Intel Corporation
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PAST PROJECT
CURRENT PROJECT
IESC: Intel Education Service Corps
Innovative volunteer program for Intel employees to
support education in developing countries, with
trusted NGO partners
Globally-sourced teams of 4-6 Intel employees with
technical and training expertise
Local immersion for 2-3 week projects
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Duration: Feb. 28th-Mar. 16th, 2010
NGO Partners: Orphans Overseas &
Kageno
Objectives:
– Integrate PCs into curriculum
– Resolve technical challenges
– Train teachers, children, and staff
Purpose:
– Improve education
– Increase access to technology
– Ignite passion in youth
Intel Education Service Corps: Kenya 2010
Thika
Rusinga Island
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Intel Education Service Corps: Kenya 2010
Removing viruses,
standardizing SW builds, &
prepping systems for class
Inspiring children with new
technology
Unloading systems from our solar-powered,
mobile classroom
Watching students interact via
touch-screen apps
Showing the girls photos of themselves,
taken during our visit
5. • Duration: Oct 20th-Nov 6th, 2011
• NGO Partner: Orphans Impact,
Tad Kincaid (Founder & Director)
• Locations:
2 Orphanages in HCMC Tam Binh & Linh Xuan and 1
Orphanage in Vung Tau
Five remote orphanages of Lai Chau, Ha Giang, Quang
Tri, Tuyen Quang & Cao Bang
• Objectives:
Distance Learning
Teacher improvements / interactivity
Technical Enhancements
• Orphan Impact:
Orphan Impact is an non-profit organization founded in
March 2009. Using CMPC and the internet in
Vietnamese orphanages, Orphan Impact is providing
next generation skill training to help orphan children to
develop self-confidence and prepare for futures beyond
the orphanage.
Intel Education Service Corps: Vietnam
2011
6. Intel Education Service Corps: Vietnam
2011
Teaching the kids to learn & have fun
on the computers
Encouraging the children to help each
other out and learn
Helping the teachers implement
various new teaching tools
Sharing our Intel world with the kids &
showing them they have a world of
possibilities open to them
Delivering Extra Goodies to the kids
(pens, pencils, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Intel
gadgets, treats)
Implementing a new
technology to broaden the
capabilities of Orphan
Impact
7. Opportunities Exist All Around You!!!
• Global: Peace Corps*, AmeriCorps*, VSO*, etc.
• National: SWE*, Breast Cancer Fund*, Humane Society*, etc.
• Local: SWE*, BBBS*, American Red Cross*, E-week, food
banks, etc.
• At Work: United Way*, food & clothes drives, blood drives, adopt
a child/senior at holidays, etc.
• Look for opportunities inside of your company:
– Intel*: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/corporate-responsibility.html
– Disney*: http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/citizenship/community
– Panasonic* (LIFT): http://www.panasonic.com/community
– ESPN* (Team ESPN): http://team.espn.com
– Microsoft*: http://www.microsoft.com/about/diversity/en/us/programs/outreach.aspx
– Northrop Grumman*: http://www.northropgrumman.com/corporate-responsibility/corporate-
citizenship/education-outreach.html
– Hershey*’s: http://www.thehersheycompany.com/social-responsibility/community.aspx
– Citrix: http://www.citrix.com/about/citizenship/community-outreach/programs.html
• If there isn’t one... Go make it happen!
7 *Other brands and names may be claimed as the property of others
8. Corporate Outreach Is a WIN-WIN-WIN
• Good for You
• Raises awareness of world issues and company’s impact
• Fulfills humanitarian desire to lift others up & to give back
• Develops leadership skills & grows employee “tool box”
• Good for the Company
• Develops engaged, empowered, educated employees
• Raises profile of company on world scale
• Provides real-world feedback for product use in the market place
• Good for the Community
• Increases access to technology and services
• Raises education levels, income and GDP
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