Geekcorps
Sign in to savethumb|A Geekcorps volunteer setting up a [[Wi-Fi antenna in Mali]] thumb|right|A Malian man writes :ff:Ndimaagu|an article ("Wisdom") for the Fula language Wikipedia in the Geekcorps Mali headquarters.
Wikidata facts
- Field of work
- computing
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Ethan Zuckerman
- Headquarters
- Adams
- Official website
- www.geekcorps.org
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- Commons category
- Geekcorps
- inception
- 2000-02-18
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Creation
- Major projects
- Ghana
- Mali
- Intel partnership and OLPC astroturf controversy
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A Geekcorps volunteer setting up a [[Wi-Fi antenna in Mali]] thumb|right|A Malian man writes :ff:Ndimaagu|an article ("Wisdom") for the Fula language Wikipedia in the Geekcorps Mali headquarters.
Geekcorps was a non-profit organization that sent people with technical skills to developing countries to assist in computer infrastructure development. The organization recruited volunteers for tours lasting from one month to over six months.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geekcorps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.