Success stories
Learn from other NGOs about how they are using technology to lower costs, improve effectiveness, and enable more meaningful services to the communities they serve.
Aviation Sans Frontières
France
For more than 25 years, Aviation Sans Frontières (ASF) has conducted humanitarian missions to help the most destitute people in the heart of developing countries. A donation from Microsoft enabled ASF to advance from a paper-based business management system to digital system, which helps them assist more people in critical situations.
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ChildServ
United States
ChildServ moved from an open source solution to a familiar Microsoft solution, which improved efficiency, reduced support requirements, and made it easier for employees to learn how to use the solution.
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Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Outdated systems at Amsterdam's largest animal shelter increased organizational inefficiencies. Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam (DOA) was able to transform its operations to benefit customers, donors, and some special animals.
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Easter Seals Massachusetts
United States
Easter Seals Massachusetts is using technology to improve communications, collaboration, and productivity across 100 locations in Massachusetts.
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Fantsuam Foundation
Nigeria
With Microsoft support, the Fantsuam Foundation is providing free Internet access to rural communities, getting better performance and increased reliability from their computers, and making more informed decisions with micro-finance.
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INTEGRA
Spain
The Integra Foundation was having difficulty managing a high volume of requests for assistance. After receiving a software donation from Microsoft, the foundation has seen a significant improvement in its ability to serve the public more efficiently.
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National Library of the Udmurt Republic
Russia
Technology enabled the National Library of the Udmurt Republic to expand its reach and enable technology training for as many patrons in four months as it did in the prior two and one-half years, while reducing costs, increasing quality of information, and developing revenue-producing services.
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Persona i Valors Foundation
Spain
As a foundation in its early stages, efficient use of resources was critical to the sustainability of the Foundation's work. Receiving a software donation from Microsoft not only allowed them to work more efficiently but also to invest more of their resources into their social programs.
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Royal National Institute for the Blind
United Kingdom
The Royal National Institute for the Blind uses software to keep their operations running smoothly and securely, allowing them to focus on creating technology that helps people who are blind and partially sighted read.
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San Francisco Conservation Corps
United States
San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC), one of the first urban youth corps organizations in the world, suffered from outdated and non-standardized software. Their new solution has improved all aspects of their operations.
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Seattle Art Museum
United States
The Seattle Art Museum uses Microsoft software to create a stable and secure network between multiple locations and to enrich the experience for their one million visitors each year.
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Society for Physically Disabled
Singapore
Society for Physically Disabled (SPD) uses Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to coordinate staff information and communications. In addition, the staff members use Exchange Server to disseminate training materials and communications to trainees with disabilities.
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Boys and Girls Club
United States
The Boys and Girls Club of King County uses Microsoft Exchange Server to communicate and collaborate with their 30,000 members and to enhance the experience of children at clubs across the United States.
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CISV
United Kingdom
CISV, an international peace organization, uses Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to communicate and collaborate with 4,000 volunteers in 65 countries to create international summer camps for children.
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Earth Day
Canada
Earth Day Canada facilitates environmental action and change. As part of this mission, the organization established online tools to help individuals and communities throughout Canada take action to reduce their environmental footprint.
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Interplast (Resurge)
United States
A strong infrastructure, including unified communications and collaboration tools, has allowed Interplast to make significant improvements to its global network.
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Nationwide Support Center for Students with Disabilities
Japan
Through a grant provided under the Microsoft NPO Support Program in Japan, the center built a system that enabled universities to respond to surveys over the Internet. This became a rich source of information for the University and College Guidebook for Students with Disabilities in Japan.
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Pakistan Village Development Program
Pakistan
Using outdated and pirated software limited the effectiveness of this NGO. By taking advantage of the latest technology, Pakistan's poor and impoverished are being heard.
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Save the Children
Denmark
Save the Children has recently received a software donation from Microsoft, which has enabled Save the Children Denmark to increase their effectiveness and keep administration expenses low.
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The Foundation for Spastic Children of Turkey (Turkiye Spastik Cocuklar Vakfi)
Turkey
The foundation is using technology to connect their offices, improve project collaboration, and automate data management so that they can more effectively train people with disabilities to improve their employment opportunities.
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Trust for the Americas
United States
With support from Microsoft, the Trust was able to transform its internal processes and increase its external presence. Relations with donors and partners have been strengthened, and people throughout Latin America are now receiving much-needed specialized training.
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World Learning (worldlearning.org)
United States
World Learning has operations in 77 countries. By moving their disparate open source messaging systems to Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server, they reduced costs, increased reliability, and improved customer support.
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Youth Association for Habitat
Turkey
Youth Association for Habitat is using custom curricula to increase the technology literacy of youth in Turkey, and using software to enable online networking to encourage greater youth participation in government processes.
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Foundation for Disabled People (Fiziksel Engelliler Vakfı)
Turkey
Foundation for Disabled People provides a central source for information about disabilities and uses technology to better serve people with disabilities by creating employment opportunities.
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JobStart
Canada
A long-running successful Canadian employment agency, JobStart undertook an evaluation process to ensure continued service excellence and simplify how students access and share information in their training programs. With help from Microsoft, the agency was able to implement interactive software that has transformed the way its instructors interact with students.
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Laurencetown, Lenaderg, and Tullylish (LLT) Community Association
Ireland
With limited resources, the LLT Community Association used Microsoft technology to initiate a much-anticipated youth program in its community center, providing children with greater opportunities.
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LOSEV â€" Foundation for Children with Leukemia
Turkey
LOSEV is helping children with Leukemia learn technology skills to help improve their social and economic quality of life. The foundation is also developing a digital network so children with Leukemia can communicate with each other around the world.
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Open Doors
Poland
People with disabilities and people who are socially excluded are receiving computer and software training to enhance their employment opportunities in post-Communist Poland.
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Women in Technology
United States
To develop a strong base of women who have vital IT and professional skills thus enabling them to gain access to new careers required deployment of a high-quality, well-known IT training program. The Microsoft Unlimited Potential Curriculum fit the bill perfectly.
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42nd Street Charity
United Kingdom
By strengthening its IT systems and software infrastructure, 42nd Street has achieved substantial cost savings and can spend more time focusing on its mission of saving lives.
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ABZ Austria
Austria
This equal-rights organization uses Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 software to manage contacts and connections as they fight for gender equality in employment opportunities in Austria.
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Child Rights and You
India
Child Rights and You (CRY), one of India's largest nonprofit organizations focusing on child rights, used software donated by Microsoft to improve organizational efficiency and lower costs.
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CRIT System
Mexico
The CRIT System Mexico is now able to offer improved service to the community, thanks to its IT system designed to manage, store, and shareâ€"securely and onlineâ€"patient-related data, and provide access to various users from Teletón system.
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Egyptian Food Bank
Egypt
By implementing Microsoft technology solutions, this food bank significantly increased productivity and improved decision-making and management of donors, beneficiaries, and volunteers to better serve Egyptian people who are living in poverty.
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Misr el Kheir
Egypt
With a software donation from Microsoft, Misr el Kheir has been able to automate and simplify its financial cycle, get results more quickly, track its projects efficiently, and manage its diverse sets of data more effectively.
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Shedd Aquarium
United States
Disparate IT systems were causing duplication of work. Microsoft technology provided an easy way to record animal health information from anywhere in the facility, and resulted in significant productivity gains.
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