The UN Foundation partnership with the Vodafone
Group Foundation (VGF) began operations
in October 2005, with a £10 million
commitment from VGF matched by £5
million from the UN Foundation to support
UN causes.
The Partnership leverages Vodafone’s
core strengths – its mobile technology,
global infrastructure, and capacity for
mass consumer outreach – with the
UN’s scale, mission, and human capital.
Its goal is to support activities and manage
initiatives that use technology tools to
help the UN address the world’s toughest
challenges more effectively and efficiently.
In pursuit of this goal we currently are
engaged in the three programs:
Flickr
slideshow: Télécoms Sans
Frontières (TSF) simulation exercise
TSF ran its annual two-day training
session in Pau, south west France on
April 9-10, 2008. The simulation exercise
prepares volunteers for deployments
when telecommunications are required
in disaster recovery. All photos credited
to Cliff Saran, Computer Weekly.
Global
Partners for Emergency Communications
The Vodafone Group Foundation and
UN Foundation Technology Partnership
joins World Food Programme to improve
communications during humanitarian
crises |
| 2.13.08
Mozambique
Floods - TSF keeps relief agencies online
A crew of emergency telecom specialists
from Télécoms Sans Frontières
(TSF) is currently in Mozambique to
strengthen aid agencies helping victims
of the floods in the Zambezi River valley.
The team deployed on Saturday 2 February
from TSF’s headquarters in France. Continue
reading | 2.7.08
Mozambique
Floods - TSF keeps relief agencies online
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