Orphan IT

— theme: Youth Enterprise, Skills for Youth, Entering the World of Work, Green Youth

— country: Asia, Pacific, ASEAN, South Asia, South-East Asia, Australia, India, Philippines, Thailand

OrphanIT is a capacity building, non profit organisation, created to provide an effective and results driven consultancy services to telecentres and ICT groups in developing nations and communities.

Affiliation

NGO

Date of Establishment

2001

Contact No.

612 6680 9742

Address

Sydney, Australia
Suite 1/95 Bangalow Road, Byron Bay
NSW, Australia, 2481

Manila, Philippines
C/O Approtech Asia. G/F PSDC Building
Real Corner, Magallanes St, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

Email Address

simon@OrphanIT.com

Website

http://orphanit.com/about.html

1. Source of funding

2. Mission and objectives

To provide an effective and results driven consultancy services to telecentres and ICT groups in developing nations and communities.

3. Areas of work relating to youth employment

Enterprise development, skills for youth

4. Partners and areas of partnership

Global Knowledge Partnership, Thai Rural Net (TRN), Adwords for Education and Mitra, Youth Social Entrepreneurship Initiative (YSEI)

5. Potential or existing partnership with the ILO

6. Successful youth employment interventions

Youth Social Entrepreneur Initiative: supports young entrepreneurs through (1) startup financing up to USD15,000, (2) essential development knowledge & tools on social entrepreneurship, (3) technical consulting through mentorship and (4) access to diverse networks.

APYouthNetAsia-Pacific Youth Employment NetworkILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific