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Rotary Australia
World Community Service Ltd
(RAWCS)

Through association with RAWCS we are able to offer our donors tax deductibility for their donations. In addition the Trincomalee Rotary Club in Sri Lanka has endorsed our project for ESL and Computer Literacy for Village Schools in Sri Lanka.

http://www.rawcs.org/

 

Harris Technology 

Harris Technology Australia, supplier of home and office technology products, donates its servics to produce the PIMD ESL and Computer Literacy Newsletter for Teachers.

http://www.ht.com.au
 

Protea Textware

"... bringing learning to life..."

Protea develop and offer software for ESL, English literacy and numeracy targetting multiple skill levels. Protea have generously donated copies of their product, Issues in English 2, for use by the teachers in our Sri Lanka project to help them improve their own English.

http://www.proteatextware.com.au/
 

The Development Gateway Foundation sponsored by the Wolrd Bank provides a global information portal serving the needs of development communities across a wide range of sectors including ICT. PIMD staff are topic guides for the e-learning and ICT4D topics on the portal.

http://www.developmentgateway.org/

  The Phonics Alive! Family

The Phonics Alive! family is a unique concept in structured Phonics education designed for use in the classroom and at home. Phonics Alive! 1 is an Australian developed computer-based literacy program, produced in conjunction with the NSW Department of School Education. It can be used with students at a very early age, through to adults.

Advanced Software, an Australia company who has developed the Phonics Alive family of products, has generously donated copies of Phonics Alive 1 for use in each school in our Sri Lanka project.

http://www.advancedsoftware.com.au/index.html

 

WorkVentures Group : Building Communities That Work

WorkVentures is an Australian non-profit organisation which refurbishes used computers for communities and disadvantaged people in Australia. WorkVentures supported PIMD by providing refurbished computers at cost for our project in Sri Lanka.

http://www.workventures.com.au/index.htm

 

WCE is an international educational nonprofit focused on helping the world's poorest youth to bridge the disturbing global divides in information, technology and understanding. WCE keeps donated computers out of landfills and gives them new life connecting youth to the Internet in developing countries.

WCE is providing computers for use in the village schools in Sri Lanka who are participating in PIMD's pilot program for English and Computer Literacy for Grades 1 and 2 in Sri Lankan village schools.

www.worldcomputerexchange.org
 

Nilgiri's Indian Restaurant and Fine Food and winner of the Sydney Morning Herald 2004 Good Food Guide Award, through the talents of its celebrity chef, Ajoy Joshi, has an established reputation both for its restaurant and pre-packaged food. The restaurant is located at 81-83 Christie St. St Leonards, reservations phone 02-99660636.

Nilgiris is a generous fund-raising sponsor for PIMD.

www.nilgiris.com.au
 

Herbie has long been the nickname of Ian Hemphill, one of Australia's foremost culinary herb and spice experts. Herbie's Spices fills a need in the community of cooks and food lovers for one central place to access all those hard-to-find herbs and spices. Herbies conducts spice tours to India and Sri Lanka. The shop is located at 745 Darling Street ROZELLE NSW 2039 (At the Lilyfield end of Darling Street) , Ph: (02) 9555 6035, Fax: (02) 9555 6037 .

Herbies is a generous fund-raising sponsor for PIMD.

www.herbies.com.au
 

Australian Development Gateway

Australian Development Gateway
Sustainable development through sharing knowledge

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) provides development organisations and individuals fighting poverty in the Asia-Pacific region with the opportunity to share information on development issues. Leading Australian organisations and institutions from the private sector, government and academia contribute their expertise and knowledge to make sure the Gateway remains relevant to the needs of aid workers.

PIMD is an ADG partner for ICT for development. PIMD reviews all content submission to the ADG website and also contirbutes content in this topic area based on our research and experience.

www.developmentgateway.com.au
 

Mayer-Johnson is a mail-order company located in San Diego, California, and focusing on augmentative communication products. Augmentative Communication refers to the use of aids or techniques that supplement existing verbal communication skills.

Mayer-Johnson has donated copies of its Boardmaker product for use by teachers in PIMD's pilot program for English and Computer Literacy for Grades 1 and 2 in Sri Lankan village schools. PIMD is enhancing the product to support Tamil script.

www.mayer-johnson.com
 

Partnering with PIMD

Our partnership 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 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.

Become a partner

If you have an idea for a project , expertise in any of our focus areas (education for children and adults, small enterprise capacity building, and community level ICT services), can assist us in promoting projects, or if you wish to work with us in any capacity at all, please contact us by emailing info@microdevpartners.org . We would be delighted to hear from you. Our brochure, Building Sustainable Village Communities, describes our current projects and lists opportunities for potential partners and volunteers.

 

 

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