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The Intel Education Service Corps (IESC) is a short-term service and career development opportunity for Intel employees to support the deployment of Intel classmate PCs in developing countries. In this blog, Joe Welsh, a pre-sales engineer at Intel, recaps his … Continue reading →

The Intel Education Service Corps (IESC) is a short-term service and career development opportunity for a select group of Intel employees to support the deployment of Intel classmate PCs in developing countries. In this blog, Max Glover, a sales manager … Continue reading →

Muzungu! Muzungu!” shouted the bouncing crowd of Kenyan children as we walked through the blue metal gate that opened into the school yard of the Karibu Centre, in Thika, Kenya. “Foreigner! Foreigner!” was what they were saying in Swahili, as … Continue reading →

Our team of six Intel Education Service Corps volunteers (Noel, Lisa, Marne, John, Abdul and Nara) worked for two weeks in Kenya to help two local organizations deploy Intel-powered classmate PCs for the benefit of their teachers and children. We … Continue reading →

As IESC volunteers, our team of 6 set out to build on the previous team’s success in Kenya to continue helping teachers and students learn to use Intel-powered classmate PCs in their classrooms. Finally clear of the Nairobi traffic, we … Continue reading →

We got to Thika late Monday night after traveling all day from Rusinga Island and encountering the dreaded Nairobi rush hour traffic on Thika Road. We spent four days at the Karibu Centre run by Orphan’s Overseas. Karibu Centre has … Continue reading →

Our journey started on Saturday morning US time, arriving in Kenya on Sunday night Kenya time, after 3 plane transfers, missed connections and lost baggage. Flew to Kisumu on Monday morning to be received by Alphonce Okuku, Director of Kageno … Continue reading →

Paige Johnson, Global Manager of K-12 education for Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group, is responsible for the Intel® Teach Program. A worldwide professional development initiative that helps educators integrate computer technology effectively and promote 21st century skills, this research-proven program has … Continue reading →

Shelly Esque is a vice president in the Legal and Corporate Affairs group and director of Corporate Affairs for Intel. In this role she oversees a staff that manages corporate social responsibility, education, media relations, government and community affairs programs. … Continue reading →

I was at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting last week and as I reflected on my time there, two experiences stand out. One is the power of the event itself. CGI brings together people from corporate life, from government, from … Continue reading →