Published on the 29/09/2009 | Written by Newsdesk
Corporation says its donations to non-profit organisations in New Zealand topped $5.5 million over the past year…
Microsoft New Zealand has donated $1.4 million of software to child and family support charity Barnardos.
Microsoft says it has gifted more than $5.5 million in software and funding to 288 non-profit organisations throughout the country in the past 12 months.
The majority of the donations – $3.25 million – have been made through the TechSoup programme which helps non-profit organisations access technology, and which recently celebrated its first anniversary of partnership with Microsoft.
The chief executive of Barnardos New Zealand, Murray Edridge, says technology has an important role to play in increasing effectiveness in the non-profit sector and the delivery of core community services.
“This donation [of software from Microsoft] will enable us to use a range of IT resources and support to most effectively serve the children, parents and their families that need us the most,” Edridge says.
Tina Reid, executive director of the National Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations, agrees with Edridge that without IT support, voluntary organisations would be far less effective in delivering services.
