About us

Our Mission

Partners In Micro-Development Inc. (PIMD) is an association of volunteer professionals from the education and ICT sectors, who are highly motivated and committed to improving access to education and ICT in developing countries and communities. Our expertise is in ICT for development ( ICT4D ) and education.

Focus Areas

Our focus is the development of educational and ICT capability at a grass-roots level - e-development - so that village communities can access resources for development more readily than is possible through larger programs and at the same time integrate with more broad-based Government and aid programs for development. Our objective is to assist the communities in becoming sustainable as a social and economic unit.

To that end we act as a catalyst, facilitator and project manager for development projects at a grass-roots, village level focusing on education for children and adults, small enterprise capacity building, and community level ICT services.

Our Values

PIMD is dedicated to improving access to education in developing countries and communities. In doing so, we value:

1. Building partnerships :

with those in the developing communities so that the real needs of the local people can be discerned, and so that they participate in determining their development priorities;
in our own community in order to foster increased understanding of our mutual development needs in both developed and developing countries;
amongst global organisations involved in development initiatives.

2. Eradicating poverty through targeted education programs - so that through increased levels of basic language and ICT literacy, grass-roots communities are empowered to take effective hold of their destiny.

3. Respecting and promoting the dignity of each human being - through enhancing and developing the knowledge and skills required to create a sustainable community environment.

Our Model

Our process starts with an idea for a project which may come from village communities, other organisations, or our members. Once we have fleshed out the concept including background research, consulted with the community, and established feasibility we then bring together in partnership :

the key stakeholders from the community and the public sector;
private sector, NGOs, aid agencies, and private philanthropic organisations, who can deliver on some aspect of the project such as funding, implementation expertise, donations in kind, subject matter expertise; and
project sponsors who may assist us with promotion.

Our role in a project may include any of the following activities :

developing project proposals;
consulting with key stakeholders to ensure that the project is appropriately conceived, planned and delivered;
applying for funding under bi-lateral and multi-lateral aid grant programs, as well as from private philanthropic foundations;
obtaining donations in kind from the private sector;
establishing a formal implementation agreement with organisations who have complementary expertise and capabilities;
project management;
Ensuring ongoing sustainability of the project
utilising our own expertise to develop tools for use by the projects e.g. educational curriculum.

Download our brochure : Building Sustainable Village Communities

Annual Reports

PIMD 2004 Annual Report PDF

PIMD 2005 Annual Report PDF

PIMD 2006 Annual Report PDF

PIMD 2007 Annual Report PDF