The major part of the
Kidlink activity is financed out of my pocket, your
pocket, and other coordinators' pockets. This has brought us a long way,
but
Kidlink needs corporate sponsors to realize more of
our dreams and aspirations.
Kidlink will recognize all sponsors for their contributions!
Hall of
Fame
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND,
USA
for support from the very beginning. They are first in this short list for
historical reasons as well as the magnitude of their support. They made
Kidlink as it is today possible.
Central network support
(e-mail distribution, file and archives storage, technical support) for all
Kidlink's public e-mail lists. Over US$9,000 annual
value.
Det Kongelige
Kirke-, Utdannings- og Forskningsdepartementet,
Norway
(The Royal Department of Church, Education,
and Research)
General financial support of
Kidlink's operations: around US$90,000.
(2000: NOK 400.000 - 1999: NOK 100.000 - 1998: NOK 75,000 - 1997:
NOK 75,000 - 1996: NOK 50,000 - 1991: 12,000.)
In addition, they have supported development of
the Who-Am-I? program with US$ 17,000,
and participation of Saami language students in the program with US$ 39,000.
Support of the I Have a Dream program - NOK
300.000 (1999), and NOK 400.000 (2000).
The Arendal teacher conference (2001)
with NOK 200.000.
Norad
(The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation)
Funds
Kidlink's work to serve girl students in Jordan by letting
them use ICTs to communicate ideas, solve problems, develop key life-skills,
collaborate with peers living in other places. Contribute to peace. Value:
NOK 1.200.000 (about US$ 175,000 in 2006).
Previous funding: NOK 1.500.000 (Jordan and Nepal, 2005). Angola (2001, about
US$ 12.000).
L-Soft International, Inc., Washington DC,
USA
donated two Pentium-powered Dell systems and an unlimited capacity version
of L-Soft's LISTSERV electronic mailing list management software for
Kidlink's computer center. Value: US$10,000+.
The University of Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA
has provided a home for
Kidlink servers since March, 1996. The Department of
Network
and Telecommunication Services (Mark Faulkner and Diana Noelcke) provides
name service and network connections for the
Kidlink servers. In December of 2003, they increased
their support from two to three network connections. The
College of Education, Criminal Justice,
and Human Services (Nelson Vincent and Daren Fowler) provides the physical
home for three
Kidlink servers, including a Compaq ProLiant ML330 system
which they have shared with us since November, 2000.
As of August 2005, they have provided
Kidlink with a "virtual
server" for its web pages and many other computing needs. The virtual server
does not exist as a separate physical machine; instead one very powerful
machine is set up to look like several different machines. The new server
will replace all three current systems on this site.
Main
Sponsors of the Global Project
The estimated value must be US$5,000 or more
to get on this alphabetically sorted list.
Allaire, USA (now
Macromedia).
Donated ColdFusion Enterprise for Linux. Value US$ 5,000.
Ventelo
BlueCom, Norway
for sponsoring
Kidlink's main office in Norway with Internet broadband
access - including 802.11b wireless access. Six year agreement starting February
2003. Value: NOK 99.600 ( about US$ 15,000)
Doug Luce &
Duquesne University, Center for
Communication and Information Technology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
for being the site for
Kidlink's WWW/Gopher/IRC service (a dedicated IBM RT,
maintenance, T1 network connectivity, plus an IBM RT for the Hampshire College
IRC site). US$10,350 estimated annual value. From April 1994 until December
15, 1995.
CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Cientifico e Tecnologico), Brazil
For supporting IV Brazilian Simposium Education and Informatics -Santa Catarina
Florianopolis - Nov 1995 (travel expenses for three International Kidlinkers
- Odd de Presno, Lely Nunes and Sonia Varela). US$10,000. Travel expences
for two Brazilian Kidlinkers to
Kidlink's 1997 conference in Denmark.
Colegio Andrews, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
.
Travel expences for three Brazilian Kidlinkers/presenters to RIBIE'96 in
Barranquilla, Colombia, 1996. US$5,000
Comite Gestor Internet, Brazil
.
Aug 96: Support of the II Annual International
Kidlink Meeting. US$25,000
Faculdade Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
.
Aug 96: Host and support of the II Annual International
Kidlink Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Value: US$15,000.
FAPERJ (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa
do Rio de Janeiro), Brazil
.
Aug 96: Support of the II Annual International
Kidlink Meeting. US$10,000. Travel expences for three
Brazilian Kidlinkers to
Kidlink's 1997 conference in Denmark.
FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos),
Rio de Janeio, Brazil
.
Aug 96: Support of the II Annual International
Kidlink Meeting. US$10,000. Travel expences for three
Brazilian Kidlinkers to
Kidlink's 1997 conference in Denmark.
FDLF (Padre Leonel Franca Foundation),
Brazil
.
Travel expences for two Brazilian Kidlinkers to
Kidlink's 1997 conference in Denmark.
Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts,
USA
KIDLINK IRC Server until 1997. Estimated US$2,500 annual value.
Microsoft Norge
AS, Norway
Support of The Who-Am-I? program: US$ 13,300.
The
National Center for Educational Resources, Oslo, Norway
1998: Support of The Who-Am-I? program: US$ 118,000.
1999: Travel expences to receive the
Bangemann Award (around $1,000).
Norsk
Faglitteraere Forfatterforening, Oslo, Norway
Grant for the production of a book about
Kidlink. US$7,300.
RNP (Rede Nacional de Pesquisas), Brazil
.
Travel support for the First
Kidlink International Meeting in Norway, Aug 95:
Registration of
Kidlink's name and logo in Brazil. US$6,000.
The Department of Education, Puerto
Rico  .
Support of
Kidlink's V International Conference in Puerto Rico.
US$ 6.100.
The
Swedish National Agency for Education, Sweden
 .
Support of The Kidlink Who-Am-I? program: US$ 12,500.
The Collaboratory Project,
Northwestern University, USA
Access to database and interface tools for the
development and testing of new Internet technologies. Server space for new
application development. US$5,000/year.
Trend, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
.
Aug 96: Support of the II Annual International Kidlink Meeting. US$10,000.
Undervisningsministeriet,
Copenhagen, Denmark
 .
October 97: Support of the III International Kidlink Managers Meeting, a
major public conference about Kidlink, and more. US$ 18.000+. 1998: Support
of the Who-Am-I? program: US$ 19,000.
October 99: Support of Danish participants in the IV International Kidlink
Managers Meeting in Puerto Rico. Value: US$ 3.105. Travel expences of several
Danish participants at
Kidlink's V International Conference in Puerto Rico.
Institutional member of The Kidlink Society.
List
of
Other Sponsors and Supporters of the Global Projects
-
Arendal Naeringsraad, Arendal, Norway
-
Anne-Tove Vestfossen, Norway
-
Axis
As, Geir Olav Kuvaas, Norway
-
BiggByte
Software, Inc., USA
-
Bonnie
Thurber, USA
-
Campinas Community School, Brazil
.
-
Carnegie Mellon
University Department of Chemical Engineering, USA
-
CELTEC - Centro Educacional da Lagoa de Tecnologia.
Brazil
,
-
Connix,
Middlefield, CT, USA..
-
Danville/Sycamore Rotary, CT, USA
-
EUnet Norge AS,
Oslo, Norway
(CATCH communications)
-
IcaPuz, Germany
-
Ipswitch,
USA
-
I*EARN,
USA.
-
Marisa Lucena, Brazil.
-
Mark Simpson,
Synnestvedt & Lechner - intellectual
property law, USA.
-
The Norwegian Computer Society, Oslo,
Norway
-
Norwegian Telecom, Arendal, Norway
-
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro
(RioData Centro), Brazil
.
-
Pixelab, Inc.,
USA.
-
Roopal Mehta, India
-
Saami Education Council, Norway
-
schoolarabia.com, Jordan
-
Secretaria Estadual de Ciencia e Tecnologia,
Ceara, Brazil
.
-
Secretaria Estadual de Ciencia, Tecnologia e
Meio Ambiente, Recife, Brazil
.
-
The Slovenian Ministry of Education
-
SmartWorks, USA
-Donation of client-server based project management software for Kidlink's
development projects
-
Softquad, Toronto, Canada
 ..
-
Softvoile, Ukraine
-
SUCESU SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
-
Tom
Gilb, Norway
-
Østereng Kontor og Data, Norway.
List of Main Sponsors of Local
Kidlink Activities
Minimum contribution US$5,000 to get
on this list.
Sorted by
size/country.
Brazil
The World Bank Group
Supported the Kidlink Houses and Families
in Brasil Project with USD 134,000 in 2001 (Project Number: 349-990310).
The project addresses the need for appropriate care of a large number of
poor Brazilian children, as well as lack of attention to a significant portion
of the senior Brazilian population.
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do
Rio de Janeiro (RioData Centro), Brazil
March 95 until present: Site for the
Kidlink Project in Brazil, the pilot model KHouse in
Brazil, WWW/IRC systems, and for giving access to all local facilities
(conference rooms, phone, fax, xerox, paper, etc). Use of a Computer Lab
(20 machines - 30 hrs/month). Nov 95: Host of the I
Kidlink Workshop/Rio95. Value: US$3,000.
Faculdade Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aug 96 until present: Site for the
Kidlink KHouse/Carioca with access to all facilities
(20 machines computer Lab - 20 hrs/month, conference rooms, phone, xerox,
paper, etc...). Nov 95: Support of the I
Kidlink Workshop/Rio95. Value: US$3,000.
Alternex/Ibase, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
March 95 until present: Support of the
Kidlink Project in Brazil and giving unlimited Internet
free access and technical support to four top managers. US$12,000/year.
Nutecnet-Rio, Brazil
March 95 until present: Support of the
Kidlink Project in Brazil and giving unlimited Internet
free access and technical support to several key people. March 96: Making
Kidlink T-shirts. US$18,000/year.
Secretaria Estadual de Ciencia, Tecnologia
e Meio Ambiente (Recife), Brazil
Aug 95 until present: Support of KHouse/EspacoCiencia. US$25.000/year. Aug
96: Support to the I
Kidlink Seminar and Workshop Recife/Pernambuco. US$12,000.
Secretaria Estadual de Ciencia e Tecnologia,
Ceara, Brazil
From Aug 95 until present: General support of the
Kidlink Project in Brazil. US$5,000/year. Aug 96: Support
to the I
Kidlink Seminar and Workshop Ceara/Fortaleza. US$3,000.
Espaco e Ciencia Institution, Recife
(Pernambuco), Brazil
Providing the site of the
Kidlink KHouse/EspacoCiencia WWW server, and use of
a 20 machine computer Lab (20 hrs/month).
Compaq Computers, Brazil
US$ 150,000 in equipment (for pilot laboratory of KHouse/PUC-Rio). US$ 150,000
for general expenses (support personel, trips etc) from July 96 to June 97.
Microtec Computers, Brazil
US$ 50,000 in equipment, and another US$ 50,000 for general expenses. From
July 96 until June 97.
Canada
The Canadian Secretary of State's Office,
Canada
A pilot project to involve Canadian youth throughout the country in
Kidlink and KIDS
FROM KANATA, an initiative modeled after
Kidlink to engage Canadian youth in dialog about the
critical issues facing their country and the world today. The initial grant
was $60,000 (Canadian).
Denmark
The Danish Ministry of
Education
Covers most of local coordinator, Claus Berg's communications and other expenses
related to his involvement in
Kidlink. Total estimated value during KIDS-94 was around
Dkr. 68.000-78.000 (around US$10.700-12.300). Similar support was given for
the duration of KIDS-95.
Norway
Ericsson,
Dep. Semafor A/S, Arendal,
Norway.
Donation of personal computer/modems, technical support during the celebration
activities. Estimated value: US$7,300+ (upd. 9/95)
Italy
Arci
Computer Club, Bologna, Italy US$5000
 .
List of Other Sponsors and Supporters
of Local
Kidlink Activities
Contributions below US$5,000.
Sorted by Country
A list of names (alphabetically). Typical
contributions include: loan of equipment for the celebration, diskettes,
money, help, important letters of support.
Note: Media mentioning
Kidlink will typically not be included
on this list. They are eligible to get on the list if they give us free
advertising space, money, equipment, lend us their premises for
Kidlink activities, etc.
Brazil
-
Barralink.
-
Campello Informatica - Belo Horizonte
-
CELTEC - Centro Educacional da Lagoa de Tecnologia.
-
Classica Distribuidora de Livros/Atica Editora
- Belo Horizonte
-
Departamento de Informatica PUC-Rio - Rio de
Janeiro.
-
DCE-UFMG (Central Students Department, Universidade
Federal de Minas Gerais)
-
Fundacao Padre Leonel Franca - PUC-Rio - Rio
de Janeiro
-
Makers Events, Rio de Janeiro (Marcia Loffler).
-
Othon Hotel Chain.
-
POP-MG - Campus UFMG Pampulha
-
PUC-Rio Administration - Rio de Janeiro.
-
Secretaria Estadual de Educacao de Minas Gerais.
-
Secretaria Municipal de Educacao de Salvador,
Salvador/Bahia.
Canada
-
Bell Canada
-
Children's Bureau, Department of Health and Welfare
-
Children's Museum (Ottawa)
-
Department of Health and Welfare
-
Department of Communications
-
Global TV
-
Marshal McLuhan Center on Global Communications
-
McGill University
Computing Center (Montreal)
-
Ontario Ministry of Health
-
Peter
Renzland in association with
Uniforum
Canada
-
SciLink (Toronto)
-
Seneca Elementary School
-
Telecom Canada (videoconference on May 18th)
-
Teleschool Ottawa (provides CMC, faxing and support)
-
UNIBASE,
Regina, Saskatchewan
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
-
WRP Data A/S
-
MaCo A/S
-
UNI-C
-
KTAS (The Copenhagen Telegraph Comp.)
-
Bruhn A/S
-
Gyldendal A/S
-
JAI A/S (Joergen Andersen Ingenioerfirma)
Finland
Iceland
-
Islenska
menntanetid (Petur Thorsteinsson) The Icelandic Educational Network
-
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Italy
-
Council for Scientific Research/Institute for
Radioastronomy
-
Municipality of Bologna (school department)
-
National Research
Council
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
-
Allianse Informasjonssenter (Arendal)
-
Agderforskning (Grimstad)
-
Agderposten (Arendal)
-
Allianse
Informasjonssystemer (Arendal)
-
Arendal Bryggeri (Arendal)
-
Arendal Dramatiske Selskap (Arendal)
-
Arendal International Culture Center (Arendal)
-
Arendal Kommune (Arendal)
-
Arendal Kunstforening (Arendal),
-
Arendal Naeringsraad (Arendal),
-
Barnas Kulturuke Committee (Arendal)
-
Bergen By Byte (Bergen)
-
Codelco (Arendal)
-
Datahjelp (Arendal)
-
Ericsson (Grimstad)
-
Fagelektro (Eydehamn)
-
Froland Kommune (Froland)
-
Grunnskoleraadet (Oslo)
-
Hoff Foto (Arendal)
-
Kilden (Arendal)
-
Kredittkassen (Arendal)/Nordea
-
Lillesand Folkedansgruppe (Lillesand)
-
Lindaas Skole (Lindaas)
-
MTC/Infograf (Oslo)
-
NKV-Ratio A/S (Arendal)
-
Norwegian Telecommunication Administration (Arendal
and Oslo)
-
Parabolservice (Froland)
-
P.M. Danielsen (Arendal)
-
Raadet for Videregaaende Opplaering (Oslo)
-
Radio og TV Teknikk (Arendal)
-
Semafor (LM Ericsson)
-
Soerlandets Info (Arendal)
-
Sparebanken Sør (Arendal)
-
Skoledirektoeren i Aust-Agder (Arendal)
-
TBK A/S (Arendal)
-
Teleskolen (Grimstad)
-
Televerket
(Bergen and Kristiansand S.)
-
Telenor
-
University of
Oslo (Oslo)
-
Østreng
Kontor og Data (Arendal)
Russia
Sweden
-
ILU (Institutionen för Lärarutbildning
Universitetet)
United Kingdom
Ukraine
-
Paco Links International (Odessa).
U.S.A.
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