New Media Awards 2007 Atos Origin

African Children's Educational Trust (A-CET)

http://www.a-cet.org

Nominated in Information and openness award category.

African Children's Educational Trust (A-CET) was registered in Dec 1997 to support the education of vulnerable African youngsters. We are an independent charity with minimal overheads run by professional experienced and dedicated volunteers. In less than 10 years we have grown from supporting a few youngsters to now supporting over two thousand, principally Ethiopians. We award long-term scholarships, have set up four Computer Training Centres for high school girl leavers and have constructed two rural community elementary schools. We work though an Ethiopian partner NGO which was set up and is run by ex-A-CET students. (95)

1 nomination from readers

  • A-CET started with minimal funds at our disposal and in £200K this year, all from private sources.

    In 2000 we launched our first web-site and have constantly improved and updated it, relaunching it in July 2005. Since the outset we have ensured that donations could be made on-line from any country and in any country using a selection of donation portals - including but not exclusively CAF, World Pay, Justgiving, Charity Choice etc. Last year 05/06

    Nominated by David Stables, 06 April 2007