World Computer Exchange (WCE) is North America’s largest non-profit provider of used computers to help connect youth in developing countries. WCE (Hull, MA) has connected to the internet 1,045,060 youth in 2,478 schools, orphanages and centres through delivery of over 25,000 donated computers from the USA and Canada.

WCE works in 64 developing countries through 445 formal partners and about 700 volunteers, including partnerships with Peace Corps Volunteers, Rotary Clubs, the U.N., USAID, World Bank and the World Economic Forum.

Countries receiving the used computers include Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Bolivia, Tanzania, Jordan, El Salvador, Ghana, Nepal, Kenya, Lithuania, Zambia, Malawi, Bosnia, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and many more countries.

Local WCE offices in many cities around the U.S.A. and Canada can receive donated computers.

Some of the other initiatives of WCE are:

WCE e-Waste Initiative - Raising public awareness in Latin America and the Caribbean about the toxins and risks in inappropriate disposal of computers.

WCE / e-Granary Initiative - WCE is working to develop a Spanish-language version of the e-Granary Digital Library, consisting of 10-million pages of educational material in a 750 gig hard drive.

WCE eCorps Initiative - University students from North America receive university credit for spending 3 weeks in countries receiving the donated computers. Students would provide education on use of computers and the interne3t, server and network configuration and technical assistance and in return learn firsthand about local cultures.