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Andris Bjornson is Ranked the #1 Reason to Feel Hopeful About the World!

Submitted by Inveneo Newsfeed on 24 August 2010 - 9:40am.


Andris Bjorson installing WiFi in Port-au-Prince Haiti

Matador Change, which features people and projects around the world committed to positive change, has bestowed a great honor on Inveneo project engineer Andris Bjornson. In their grand list of 19 Reasons to Feel Hopeful about the World, Andris was nominated as the most hopeful reason:

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1. Andris Bjornson

Long-time Matador member Andris Bjornson has a degree in physics. He’s worked as a wildland firefighter, a State Department diplomat, and an adventure trip leader.

But the reason why Andris is #1 on this list is because of the work he has done in Haiti. Within six days following the January 12, 2010 earthquake, Andris traveled to Port-au-Prince with Inveneo, a non-profit dedicated to improving information communications technology in underserved communities.

"Within three weeks we linked 11 NGOs, among them CARE, the IRC, and Save the Children, setting them up with networks so they could connect with their headquarters," Andris says. "Though the relief effort seem[ed] chaotic, it would be much more so without the technology we were able to put in place."

And while Inveneo can also seem chaotic, we're much better off with amazing staff like Andris. Thanks for making us all hopeful!