Labdoo

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Labdoo
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founding 2010 (USA), 2012 (D), 2012 (CH), 2014 (E)
founder Jordi Ros-Giralt
Seat Labdoo Germany:
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Labdoo Switzerland:
Oberwil-Lieli
Labdoo Spain:
Province of Barcelona
Labdoo USA:
Irvine (California)
motto Your humanitarian network to bring education around the world.
main emphasis education
Action space worldwide
people Ralf Hamm (D), Frank Geisler (CH)
Website www.labdoo.org/de , www.labdoo.ch

Labdoo is a non-profit aid project which, with the help of IT donations, gives children and young people at home and abroad access to IT and education . Donated laptops are reconditioned and equipped with learning software before they are CO 2 -neutral transported to school projects.

job

Labdoo is a globally active NGO and private initiative of voluntary, volunteer helpers who coordinate a worldwide aid project via the Internet. The aid project collects unused, discarded laptops, tablets or e-book readers for projects abroad and possibly also PCs for regional projects in Germany. The IT donations are reprocessed and equipped with Lubuntu and license-free educational software , to then be passed on to projects around the world. With the help of so-called dootrips, the IT donations are brought to the projects in a CO 2 -neutral manner. Labdoo's stated goal is to reduce the digital divide worldwide in an environmentally responsible way. By reusing used laptops, no further electronic scrap is generated, and no additional CO 2 emissions are generated by the dootrips . Defective devices are exchanged free of charge and taken back for disposal. All services are provided by volunteers free of charge and on an honorary basis. The donated laptops are given free of charge to schools, homes and other refugee / aid organizations.

Unlike the initiative One Laptop Per Child no new laptops will be distributed to schools in Labdoo but Used and Reconditioned and the transport is CO 2 neutral. The economic and environmental costs are very low or nonexistent. This distinguishes Labdoo from other organizations or initiatives of this type and is the most important characteristic of Labdoo.

With over 23,000 collected laptops, Labdoo supports more than 1,800 school projects in 138 countries and thus reaches around 560,000 students (as of July 2020).

Dootrip

At Labdoo, Dootrip refers to the CO 2 -neutral transport of IT donations, the Dootronics. For example, IT donations from flight or transport sponsors, tourists , volunteers from NGOs, schoolchildren, students or project employees are taken away. Dootrips are a key element of Labdoo as the Dootrips bring IT donations to projects without increasing CO 2 emissions . In addition, the Dootrips do not incur any costs for Labdoo, as the IT donations are carried in the luggage of the travelers or other transports.

Dootronic

At Labdoo, the word Dootronic is used to describe any electronic device that is equipped with learning software, is sustainably transported and is intended for an educational purpose. The word is a mixture of Labdoo and the English word for electronic devices: Lab doo elec tronics. Dootronics are marked within the Labdoo network with a unique 9-digit number and a QR code . With the help of the number or the QR code you can get to the URL of the specific Dootronics. The page of the respective Dootronics offers history and device-specific information, such as the serial number and also the status of the device, to ensure traceability and transparency.

Labdoo Hub

Labdoo hubs can be set up where Labdoo helpers regularly prepare, recycle , collect laptops or carry out other Labdoo activities. Often hubs are schools, universities, private households or companies. In addition to the hubs, there are Labdoo acceptance points. The collection points have the function of accepting IT donations for Labdoo, which are then forwarded to a hub. The 4 existing, non-profit associations promote the activities of the Labdoo Hubs, Labdoo acceptance points and helpers in the individual countries, e.g. B. by assuming costs for spare parts, repairs, logistics, etc.

history

In 2010, Labdoo was founded by Jordi Ros-Giralt in the USA and registered as a non-profit organization . A few months earlier, in September 2009, the first IT donation, a laptop, was registered on the website. Jordi Ros-Giralt began working as an engineer without borders in 2005 , collecting and reprocessing laptops for a school in Guatemala . From this idea, a scalable and sustainable concept was developed, which ultimately resulted in Labdoo.

Labdoo in Germany

Labdoo Logo DACH
Labdoo Logo DACH

Labdoo started in January 2012 in Germany , in January 2013 the non-profit association Labdoo.org e. V. founded. In Germany there are more than 20 Labdoo hubs and more than twice as many acceptance points.

Awards

  • Labdoo.org e. V. was one of the 100 winners of the Google Impact Challenge Award in 2016.
  • Labdoo.org e. V. was one of 3 nominated projects in the category Recycling and Resources of the GreenTec Award in 2016 .
  • Labdoo.org e. V. was one of 3 nominated projects in the category Sustainable Development of the GreenTec Award in 2017 .
  • The German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed the project in 2016 as part of the startsocial e. V. , for its social commitment .

Labdoo in Switzerland

Labdoo started in February 2012 in Switzerland , in July 2015 the association Labdoo.org was founded. There is a hub in Switzerland with more than 30 acceptance points.

The computer manufacturer Lenovo Switzerland cooperates with the association.

Computacenter Switzerland, a manufacturer-independent service provider for information technology, supports the association.

Scout24 Switzerland , a Swiss network of online marketplaces, is a project partner of Labdoo.

Pestalozzi Children's Village , an international children's charity, is an official partner of Labdoo.

Labdoo Switzerland is one of 16 finalists in the world's first "Love on" Mini-Grants - an initiative launched by the Lenovo Foundation on October 22, 2018.

Labdoo in Spain

The non-profit association Associació Labdoo.org Catalunya has existed in Spain since 2014.

Labdoo in the USA

The non-profit organization Labdoo Inc. has existed in the USA since 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Labdoo in Wirtschaftswoche | Education: The Labdoo network helps school children with old laptops. In: www.wiwo.de. Retrieved October 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c Ros ‐ Giralt, Jordi, et al .: Using Labdoo to Bridge the Digital Divide: A New Form of International Cooperation. In: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Eds.): Service-Learning in the Computer and Information Sciences: Practical Applications in Engineering Education . 2012, p. 369-399 .
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  5. ↑ a b c Team, Labdoo .: Dootrips: A CO 2-neutral Global Transportation System based on Collaboration. Procedia Engineering, No. 78 , 2014, p. 124-133 .
  6. ^ Jordi Ros-Giralt: Project Labdoo. org: Humanitarian Social Networks and Positive Sum Development . In: Sustainable Development Practice: Advancing Evidence-Based Solutions for the Post-2015 Agenda . 2013, ISSN  2372-5532 , p. 109 ff .
  7. ↑ taz.de ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The non-profit aid project Labdoo.org e. V. is currently (August 2015) active in over 100 countries around the world and supports over 117,000 children and young people in over 470 schools, orphanages and children / youth projects in Germany and abroad with IT free of charge. [As of October 6, 2016] @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Bewegungs.taz.de
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  9. ↑ About Dootronics | Labdoo. In: www.labdoo.org. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
  10. ↑ About Hubs | Labdoo. In: www.labdoo.org. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
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  18. ↑ Google Impact Challenge | Germany 2016 . In: Google Impact Challenge | Germany 2016 . ( withgoogle.com [accessed October 6, 2016]). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / impactchallenge.withgoogle.com
  19. ↑ Winners and nominees of the GreenTec Awards 2006-2016
  20. ↑ Winners and nominees of the GreenTec Awards 2006-2016. http://www.greentec-awards.com , accessed January 23, 2017 .
  21. ↑ With this trailer, Labdoo was nominated as a nominee at Green Tec… In: plus.google.com. Retrieved October 6, 2016 .
  22. ↑ Greentec Awards: GreenTec Awards - online voting. Retrieved February 14, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Chancellor honors Labdoo project. Derwesten.de . June 18, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016.
  24. ↑ The computer project “Labdoo” was invited to Chancellor Merkel's office in Berlin in mid-June and is hoping for a prize in the Start Social competition. Radio Mülheim . June 31, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016.
  25. ^ Association Labdoo.org (CH) | Labdoo. In: www.labdoo.org. Retrieved October 6, 2016 .
  26. ↑ Labdoo Hub Zurich (Switzerland) | Labdoo. In: www.labdoo.org. Retrieved November 28, 2017 .
  27. ↑ Lenovo starts collaboration with Labdoo.org. IT-Business July 4, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016.
  28. ↑ Labdoo.org wins Lenovo Switzerland. greenbyte.ch July 4, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016.
  29. ↑ Lenovo Switzerland donates old laptops. Swiss IT Magazine July 4, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016.
  30. ↑ Lenovo and the charity digitaldaily.ch May 9, 2017, accessed June 12, 2017.
  31. ↑ Labdoo wins Computacenter as a partner. IT-Markt December 15, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017.
  32. ↑ Computacenter Switzerland collects computers for Labdoo. ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ictk.ch December 16, 2016, accessed on January 6, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ictk.ch
  33. ↑ Computacenter accepts computers for Labdoo. Swiss IT Magazine December 16, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017.
  34. ↑ Scout24 is a project partner of Labdoo. ONLINE PC.ch July 10, 2017, accessed on July 28, 2017.
  35. ↑ The Pestalozzi Children's Foundation is an official partner of Labdoo. Foundation website December 18, 2019, accessed January 17, 2020.
  36. ↑ Lenovo Foundation awards $ 150,000 to Organizations around the World. Lenovo Storyhub February 14, 2019, accessed February 14, 2019.
  37. ↑ Guia d'entitats. Associació Labdoo.org Catalunya. In: Departament de Justícia. Retrieved October 7, 2016 .