drupal for good

cross posting from Drupal For Good, and the french version at the France Group

A community effort to help a NGO get some ass-kicking internet presence — October 4th and 5th, 2008 — Paris, La Cantine Numérique

On the first weekend of October 2008, in only 2 days, the Drupal French Community will build a complete and live website for a selected NGO. All free. Free as in free beer, and free as in free speech.

What’s in it for the selected NGO?

You do not have an internet presence? You have a very lousy one? You want to to do a specific incredibly cool thing on the web?

Please register on the main Drupal n’Go web site (http://www.drupalngo.org/user/register). Then visit http://www.drupalngo.org/en/node/add/applications to fill in the project application form.

Both small and large NGOs can apply. The community will choose a single NGO project.

First off, thanks to everyone for your posts and involvement in 2006. More importantly, thanks for the work you do using Drupal for worthy causes in your community and throughout the world. Our group has been a bit quiet though in informing others about how Drupal is being put to use for GOOD. Let's all make a resolution in '07 to continue using Drupal for good, and to keep fellow Druaplers informed of what is being done.

I know that large organizations and major mobilizations like the World Food Programs http://fighthunger.org, UN Millennium Campaign's http://standagainstpoverty.org and the One campaign's http://one.org are using Drupal. Great Drupl shops like Development Seed use Drupal to support everything from the World Bank to a small project for returning Peace Corps volunteers. However, you probably haven't read much about any of these projects in this group. Sharing how Drupal is being used for good is important in encouraging and growing the Drupal world, but also in displaying it to outsiders. A vibrant Drupal of Good group can be vital in encouraging more grants from Google or organizations wishing to support open source development for charitable ends. (note: I'm just as guilty as anyone when it comes to not posting about my work)

Sorry, drupalistas, but this is a goodwill project for NYC teachers. Coquille, my good friend/teacher/activist wants to create a really really simple site to teach other NYC teachers how to recycle. By law the schools are to recycle, but the school system refused to educated nor provide supplies for recycleing. So enter my friend, armed with a dozen or fellow teachers to do data input and create content. They need something simple that will be functional and hopefully get a bit of press (IE... free advertisement for you.)

I'm just the connector here... So please be nice. ;)

Noel

I'm looking to create a website to encourage recycling in NYC schools. I'd like the site to start with teacher and student-generated content created by our school, with the idea that our resources/recycling system could be easily replicated in other schools. Eventually, other schools could join in authoring content. Currently, few schools are recycling in NYC, which is totally frustrating because it's the law and, more importantly, the right thing to do.