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// Where Did the Idea Come From? //

[|Design for the Other 90%]
 * This website shows how ordinary products and services are put to good use for third world countries. Their demographics consist of "the other 90%" that have no proper and decent access to material objects we normally take forgranted.
 * While we are no longer focusing on the "donating to third world nations aspect" in this project, the site was inspirational to our idea.

[|FreeRice]
 * Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple game.
 * This site is a good example of a successful interactive campaign that raised awareness and got people to donate. The audience was young people, who are not usually targeted or approached because they are less likely to donate in more traditional means.

[|One Laptop Per Child]
 * One Laptop Per Child is a program that is meant to introduce to poverty-striken communities the possibilities and opportunities that comes with education and technology.
 * This program has the same goals and objective for our organization: to focus on education and technology. This is also a great jumpstart for our research.

[|Bring IT Home America]
 * We need not to look outside our country to see people who are struggling or are in dire need. Poverty for sure is also within our borders. This US-based campaign focuses on providing more and better Internet hardware and services to the low-income earners inside the country.

[|One organization and a Seattle Company]
 * Two campaigns have been carried out by these organizations that help 1.) Africans establish credit and 2.) **Create an online marketplace to sell their wares.**
 * Their motive and reason behind these acts reflects the direction that we want to pursue in our project.

[|Global Campaign for Education]
 * There is no explanation needed for this campaign. This movement focuses on the importance of education and providing it for the rest of the world. Similar to team i2Smart4Skool belief that technology and education should be a priority for individuals everywhere, it help create better futures for the younger generations.

[|World Vision]
 * World Vision is an organization that focuses on helping families, children, and communities by understanding and resolving their issues by tackling poverty and injustice itself. Combining technology with good will, this came out as a result.

[|Motofone]
 * Motorola, a telecommunications company doesn't just focus on profit. Their planned phone for the future involves having better features (eg: slimmer, 400 hours battery life, etc.) but most of all having it produces massively to achieve a cheaper price that would be pretty much marketed to the third world country. This move supports the concept that communication is important and has to be supported as much as possible. With this move, it reflects the move that we also want to portray in our project.

[|Salvation Army]
 * This is an organization that gives the less fortunate hope through online donations, volunteering and spreading the news about neighbouring countries hardships. i2smart4skool wants to promote how awareness in technology is a necessity for future opportunities in growth and development.

[|GSM Unlock] A website that allows Rogers and Fido users to unlock their cell phones

[|Roger's Recycling Program] = =