http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/ Exploring how to get real change for your dollar. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/#comment-34221 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:12:57 +0000 http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/#comment-34221 My father recently got a company to donate medical equipment that was specifically asked for by an organization that operates in several southern African countries. Surely this speaks to a problem in coordination, rather than some inherent or insurmountable problem with equipment donation. My father recently got a company to donate medical equipment that was specifically asked for by an organization that operates in several southern African countries. Surely this speaks to a problem in coordination, rather than some inherent or insurmountable problem with equipment donation.

]]> http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/#comment-34168 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/#comment-34168 Either way you read it, I am not surprised. I was recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Gates Foundation has built a new wing onto the Blackline County hospital that sits empty because there are no doctors who are trained to operate using the equipment. A stat that I read was there is 1 doctor for every 40,000 Ethiopians... While equipment is necessary, perhaps we should be addressing some of the more core issues facing developing countries. Either way you read it, I am not surprised. I was recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Gates Foundation has built a new wing onto the Blackline County hospital that sits empty because there are no doctors who are trained to operate using the equipment. A stat that I read was there is 1 doctor for every 40,000 Ethiopians… While equipment is necessary, perhaps we should be addressing some of the more core issues facing developing countries.

]]> http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/#comment-33547 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:13:44 +0000 http://blog.givewell.org/2008/08/28/donated-technological-equipment/#comment-33547 Why is that substantially different? I read the same meaning into the two statements. Why is that substantially different? I read the same meaning into the two statements.

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