From Africa Recovery, Vol.13#2-3 (September 1999), Watch page

NETAID
Internet gateway launched to fight global poverty

Seeking to utilize the unique capabilities of the Internet to promote development and fight poverty across the globe, the UN Development Programme and Cisco Systems, a California-based computer networking company, officially launched "NetAid" on 8 September. Primarily a Website, but also with linkages to television and radio, NetAid aims to establish "a virtual community committed to change," according to its launch statement. Former South African President Nelson Mandela, US President Bill Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair were the first to log on to the Website <www.netaid.org>. The Website hopes to eventually get more than one billion "hits."

NetAid will focus attention on successful development initiatives and strategies, highlight humanitarian emergency situations, and promote "millions of concrete actions including donations of time, expertise, goods or money." It also will help developing country partners gain access to and learn to utilize new technologies.

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