Close The Gap International (Friends of Fund)
Philanthropists support projects of the asbl Close The Gap International that aim to close the digital gap in developing countries.
What is it about?
The Fund was created on the initiative of philanthropic friends. They use their own network and that of Close The Gap International to collect donations. The funds collected are used to financially support various projects of the organisation.
Close the Gap is an international social enterprise that aims to bridge the digital divide by offering high-quality, pre-owned IT devices donated by European companies to educational, medical and social projects in developing and emerging countries.
The non-profit organisation works on four themes:
- Closing the digital gap by refurbishing ICT materials
- Global partnerships to ensure the supply of comprehensive soft- and hardware solutions
- Local recycling of electronic waste (subsidiary WorldLoop asbl)
- DIGI-TRUCK, a mobile computer class in a container that runs on solar energy to reach the most vulnerable target groups in communities without electricity.