Non-Profit Website - IIT Empowering Haiti

Written by barrie Tuesday, 14 December 2010 16:02

IITEmpoweringHaiti.org showcases the work of a team of undergraduates from the Illinois Institute of Technology who are working to improve the primary educational situation in Haiti, by helping support the implementation of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Program.

IITEmpoweringHaiti.org chose Simplweb Joomla hosting as a home for their non-profit website.

They have designed a laptop solar power solution for Haiti schools to provide power for the XO laptops, schools and Internet connectivity. Their larger goals are to foster collaboration between partners in the US and in Haiti and to create a sustainable, replicable, open-source energy solution that will enable the children to use their XO laptops freely

The project’s website was created with three main goals in mind: first, to raise awareness about the project, the team’s efforts and accomplishments, and their resulting designs; second, to raise funds in order to make the project’s work possible; and third, to serve as the public repository where their open-source information and knowledge is stored and shared with the rest of the world, available to all with an Internet connection.

Zach Crane says "IIT Empowering Haiti chose Simplweb for two key reasons. First, the support provided by Simplweb is impeccable. Not only are administration questions answered fast, but the people responding are industry experts that have a fundamental understanding of how Joomla! websites operate. Second, the backup solution Simplweb implements for all of their customer’s websites puts even the most worried mind at ease. Backups are kept current – up to the minute – in an offsite cloud storage facility. What more could you ask for?"