Microsoft offers Online Resource for NGOs
Manila Times
Microsoft Philippines announced the availability of NGO Connection, an online resource specifically for nongovernment organizations (NGOs) around the globe—designed to help the NGOs to be equipped in various aspects of management, marketing and other critical tools for development work.
NGO Connection is a virtual workspace rich in technology resources for NGOs and its primary goal is to provide a convenient one-stop portal that meets the technology and networking needs of NGOs, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft has partnered with other organizations like the Education department and Philippine Business for Social Progress for its program to empower local organizations through IT.
Moreover, the company has also partnered with NGOs to provide Information Technology (IT) skills training to underserved community, such as Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Also with Visayan Forum Foundation that has currently trained more than 6,000 people through its project, “Stop Trafficking and Exploitation of People Through Unlimited Potential, or Step Up.”
Prior to the launch of the portal, Microsoft also organized a one-day workshop dubbed as “Microsoft NGO Day,” giving NGOs the chance to appreciate technology and practical knowledge as its best.
“Once a year we hold ‘Microsoft NGO Day’ providing with additional information that we hope will help the organizations,” said Rafael “Pepeng” Rollan, managing director for Microsoft Philippines.
Among the speakers during the event include: Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda of Visayan Forum Foundation Inc., a private and a non-profit NGO working for the welfare of marginalized migrants, domestic workers, and traffic women and children; Danilo Songco of PinoyME Foundation, an organization caters to smaller microfinance institutions.
– Cris-Ann Odronia
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