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{{Short description|Indonesian non-profit organization}} |
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| logo = KopernikLogo.png |
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| name = Kopernik |
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| type = Non-governmental organization |
| type = Non-governmental organization |
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| founded_date = 2010 |
| founded_date = 2010 |
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| founder = Toshihiro Nakamura, Ewa Wojkowska |
| founder = Toshihiro Nakamura, Ewa Wojkowska |
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| location = [[Ubud]], [[Indonesia]] |
| location = [[Ubud]], [[Indonesia]] |
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| area_served = 24 countries |
| area_served = 24 countries |
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| mission = connect simple technology with last mile communities to reduce poverty |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Kopernik was co-founded by Toshihiro (Toshi) Nakamura and Ewa Wojkowska. Both had worked for the United Nations – Nakamura in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone and the US and Wojkowska in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unv.org/en/current-highlight/unv-empowering-women-and-girls-in-ict/doc/working-to-bridge-the.html|publisher=[[United Nations]]|title=Working to bridge the development divide through technology|date=2012-05-17|accessdate=2014-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235941/http://www.unv.org/en/current-highlight/unv-empowering-women-and-girls-in-ict/doc/working-to-bridge-the.html|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Toshi Nakamura and Ewa Wojkowska founded Kopernik in 2010 after seeing that life-changing and affordable technologies existed, but they weren’t reaching the people who lived in the most remote and hard to reach parts of the world - the last mile. Kopernik has been bridging the technology gap ever since. |
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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unv.org/en/current-highlight/unv-empowering-women-and-girls-in-ict/doc/working-to-bridge-the.html|publisher=[[United Nations]]|title=Working to bridge the development divide through technology|date=2012-05-17|accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref> |
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The organization is named for the astronomer [[Copernicus]].<ref name= |
The organization is named for the astronomer [[Copernicus|Mikołaj Kopernik]].<ref name=post1>{{cite web|url= http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/08/01/simple-technologies-changing-lives.html|title=Simple technologies, changing lives|publisher=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=2013-08-01|accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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==Operations and funding== |
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The organization consists of four legal entities |
The organization consists of four legal entities: Kopernik Solutions, Yayasan Kopernik, PT Kopernik, and Kopernik Japan.<ref name="post2">{{cite web |date=2013-08-01 |title=Legal Status |url=https://kopernik.info/page/legal-status |accessdate=2014-09-02 |publisher=}}</ref> |
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Donations are distributed by local |
Donations are distributed by local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). An NGO must be registered and submit an application to Kopernik that outlines its goals and distribution methods. Following approval, proposals are posted on the website and prospective donors may choose among them.<ref name=post>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/ngo-kopernik-brings-innovative-ideas-in-aid-work-to-indonesia/|title=NGO Kopernik Brings Innovative Ideas in Aid Work to Indonesia|publisher=[[The Jakarta Globe]]|date=2013-08-01|accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref><br> |
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Experimentation Project focus on rapid experimentation of promising solutions to problems faced by people living in the last mile. These solutions may be technology driven (physical or information and communication technologies (ICT)) or approaches inspired by behavioral insights. The experimentation projects and data sets are generally small-scale, low-investment tests of promising ideas. |
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Last Mile Consulting is a professional advisory service to corporate and public sector clients. |
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Technology Distribution provides a simple and affordable products that address the typical problems faced by people living in the last mile. |
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The distributed products include purified drinking water, solar lantern and other offered technologies include drip irrigation systems, grain storage, K-Honey filter and providing reusable menstrual pads for education on menstruation as well as sexual reproductive health. |
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The distributed products include [[LifeStraw]], which filters and purifies drinking water; Solvatten, which purifies and heats water using solar power; [[Solar_lamp#Solar_lantern|solar lanterns]]; and [[adjustable-focus eyeglasses]]. <ref name=globe/> The eyeglasses, based on a design by [[Joshua Silver]], can be adjusted by users to address vision problems without consulting [[optometrist]]s, who are in short supply in many areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/10/health/self-adjusted-glasses-could-be-boon-to-africa.html|title= Self-Adjusted Glasses Could Be Boon to Africa|date=2002-12-10|publisher=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref> Other offered technologies include [[rolling water drum]]s and [[drip irrigation]] systems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Simple Technologies Can Improve The Lives Of Millions In Developing World, Say Global Health Leaders|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/technology-environment-health-clinton-global-initiative_n_983610.html|publisher=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=2014-09-06}}</ref> |
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Because the distribution operations are often conducted by groups of women, they have been compared to the operations of [[Tupperware]] and [[Avon Products]].<ref name=post/> |
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Since September 2017, Kopernik responded Emergency Response (ER), Mount Agung eruption, Lombok earthquake, Central Sulawesi earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction and Sunda Strait Tsunami. Kopernik distributed N95 respiratory masks and installed Fan-Filter Unit (FFU) for a haze-safe room in school in West Kalimantan. |
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Tech Kiosks are family-run small shops (warung) that sell simple technologies alongside a wide range of everyday goods. Tech Kiosk owners receive technology stock on consignment. When they sell technologies they earn a commission, return the cost of inventory to Kopernik, and order more of the technologies most in demand. As of March 2014, the organization had 42 Tech Kiosks in Bali, Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and East Nusa Tenggara. |
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The organization has received awards, including runner-up status in Crunchie's 2010 CleanTech category and a Gold-level transparency designation from the non-profit evaluation organization GuideStar. The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) has chosen Kopernik's Ibu Inspirasi/Wonder Women initiative as a Momentum for Change 2014 Lighthouse Activity. |
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Corporate funding has come from [[Exxon-Mobile]], the [[JPMorgan Chase]] Foundation, and the [[Daiwa Corporation]].<ref name=guidestar/> |
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The organization has received awards, including runner-up status in [[Crunchies|Crunchie]]’s 2010 CleanTech category and a Gold-level transparency designation from the non-profit evaluation organization [[GuideStar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/21/congratulations-crunchies-winners-twitter-takes-best-startup-of-2010/|title=Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Twitter Takes Best Startup Of 2010|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|date=2011-01-21|accessdate=2014-09-02}}</ref><ref name=guidestar>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-0962978/kopernik-solutions.aspx|title=Kopernik Solutions aka Kopernik |accessdate=2014-09-02|publisher=[[GuideStar]]}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{Official website|kopernik.info}} |
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[[Category:Crowdfunding]] |
[[Category:Crowdfunding]] |
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[[Category:501(c)(3) |
[[Category:501(c)(3) organizations]] |
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[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in |
[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Indonesia]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 31 December 2023
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Founder | Toshihiro Nakamura, Ewa Wojkowska |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
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Area served | 24 countries |
| Website | kopernik.info |
Kopernik is a non-profit organization headquartered in Indonesia that finds what works to reduce poverty in the last mile. In the US, it is a registered 501(c) organization.[1]
History
[edit]Kopernik was co-founded by Toshihiro (Toshi) Nakamura and Ewa Wojkowska. Both had worked for the United Nations – Nakamura in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone and the US and Wojkowska in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and New York.[2]
The organization is named for the astronomer Mikołaj Kopernik.[3]
Description
[edit]The organization consists of four legal entities: Kopernik Solutions, Yayasan Kopernik, PT Kopernik, and Kopernik Japan.[4]
Donations are distributed by local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). An NGO must be registered and submit an application to Kopernik that outlines its goals and distribution methods. Following approval, proposals are posted on the website and prospective donors may choose among them.[5]
Experimentation Project focus on rapid experimentation of promising solutions to problems faced by people living in the last mile. These solutions may be technology driven (physical or information and communication technologies (ICT)) or approaches inspired by behavioral insights. The experimentation projects and data sets are generally small-scale, low-investment tests of promising ideas.
Last Mile Consulting is a professional advisory service to corporate and public sector clients.
Technology Distribution provides a simple and affordable products that address the typical problems faced by people living in the last mile.
The distributed products include purified drinking water, solar lantern and other offered technologies include drip irrigation systems, grain storage, K-Honey filter and providing reusable menstrual pads for education on menstruation as well as sexual reproductive health.
Since September 2017, Kopernik responded Emergency Response (ER), Mount Agung eruption, Lombok earthquake, Central Sulawesi earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction and Sunda Strait Tsunami. Kopernik distributed N95 respiratory masks and installed Fan-Filter Unit (FFU) for a haze-safe room in school in West Kalimantan.
The organization has received awards, including runner-up status in Crunchie's 2010 CleanTech category and a Gold-level transparency designation from the non-profit evaluation organization GuideStar. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has chosen Kopernik's Ibu Inspirasi/Wonder Women initiative as a Momentum for Change 2014 Lighthouse Activity.
References
[edit]- ^ "MIT Ideas - Global Challenge - Upcoming Events - Kopernik Presentation and Lunch". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ "Working to bridge the development divide through technology". United Nations. 2012-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ "Simple technologies, changing lives". The Jakarta Post. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ "Legal Status". 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
- ^ "NGO Kopernik Brings Innovative Ideas in Aid Work to Indonesia". The Jakarta Globe. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2014-09-02.