Kids on Computers (KOC) partnered with Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) to host the 2019 IIAB Summit from November 6th-10th, 2019 northwest of Boston in Stow, MA. Attendees included representatives from six different organizations including the Free E-Book Foundation, IIAB, Kiwix, KOC, the UN, and UVA. The summit coincided with the 2019 WikiConference North …
I found my way into the non-profit space purely by accident. When I was online, reading my daily blog sites, I came across an interesting phrase of Internet-in-a-Box, of course I was naturally curious and wanted to find out more. After emailing the original creator, I was invited to a …
For the second year in a row, we were at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE). We had a lot of fun, received awesome donations, made new partnerships, and met amazing new volunteers this year. We also won the Youth Spirit award – Go KOC!! KOC volunteer and Board director, Gustavo A. …
Everything started with an e-mail I sent to the Kids on Computers mailing list in January, this year. I have to say that I never imagined the consequences and impact this first contact was about to bring to my life. I remember I was surfing the web, looking for educational …
I got the opportunity to meet with a bunch of enthusiastic Linux users recently at Ohio Linux Fest. It was really great to see so many people get together to discuss the ways they are contributing to Open Source software and seeing the ways it is impacting people’s lives. While …
Hi Everyone! We’ll be at OSCON again this year in the Expo Hall and are extremely excited to be there! We have a booth in the Nonprofit Pavilion thanks to the wonderful folks at O’Reilly. Just like last year, we’re collecting laptops at our booth to build computer labs in …
