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 SECC Combined Campaign
We are pleased to announce that we are now an approved State Employees Combined Campaign charity in North Carolina!
The SECC gives state employees and retirees opportunities support charitable organizations that are accountable, fiscally sound, and dedicated to improving the quality of life in North Carolina, the nation and the world.
On top of meeting the legal requirements of a North Carolina non-profit, we were audited by Thomas and Gibbs, CPAs (who were very thorough, a pleasure to work with, and gave us great advice.)
We’re pleased to have the endorsement of the SECC and the support of state employees. See the SECC website here:
http://www.ncsecc.org/widernet-project
New Location
After four years in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, WiderNet has moved to Durham.
You can now find us at: 
1906 NC-54
Suite 100F
Durham, NC 27713
Near the Research Triangle Park, our new location gives us greater access to the area’s wealth of tech resources and stronger partnerships with our ICT colleagues.
With easy access to I-40 and I-540, the move will also cut down commute times for our staff and volunteers, who hail from all over the Triangle.
WiderNet maintains an active presence in Chapel Hill via the ongoing work at our lab in the School of Information and Library Science, WiderNet@UNC.
Drop by and see us in our new home!
 Rebuilding Mzuzu University's Library
Since the library of Mzuzu University in Malawi burned down in September 2016, university librarians have been quick to improvise, setting up a temporary library in the school’s dining hall. The space is now filled with shelves donated by the World Bank and a starter collection of books.
In March, WiderNet’s Director Cliff Missen spent 11 days in Malawi delivering a major recharge to the university library’s resources.
WiderNet installed a lab including 16 laptops (six of them donated by Lenovo), a 12-volt Granary Server, Wi-Fi access points, and a powerful battery backup system. We also delivered a whopping 65 pounds of children’s books to nearby primary schools for AIDS orphans.
Missen spent a week with the university library staff demonstrating the new resources and developing local content using the built-in Community Information Platform.
The addition of the eGranary to Mzuzu University’s growing library will vastly multiply the information available to its students and faculty by introducing a wealth of information in the arts and sciences. While reconstructing buildings and repopulating book collections takes time, the acquisition of this one item puts tens millions of information resources at students’ fingertips.
WiderNet is pleased to partner with Mzuzu University in their inspiring rebuilding effort.
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