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The story
About three years ago, a group of friends formed the Global NOG Alliance. The aim was to help Network Operators world wide connect with each other — near and far — so that knowledge about how the internet works and how we keep it running could get to all the nooks and crannies of the world, and communities all over the globe could benefit from long term, stable access to the internet.
Then the pandemic happened. The Global NOG Alliance pivoted to providing online resources that would help keep people connected in these difficult times, running international zoom meetings for fledgling Network Operator Groups in places like Uganda and Angola.
And then… Russia invaded Ukraine.
Returning from a humanitarian aid mission bringing food, bedding, clothing and more to Ukraine, our chair René Fichtmüller suggested we might see what we can do to help ease the burden of Network Operators in Ukraine. Pictures were circulating of Network Operators digging through the rubble to get to the fiberoptic cables that transport so much of our internet, and repair it. We wanted to help. We wanted to make use of our position at the crossroads of the Network Operator world. Keep Ukraine Connected was born.
This taskforce is working with and supported by these Ukrainian organisations:
Our aims
- Gather requirements from Network Operators and organisations in Ukraine
- Record donated equipment in our database and match it with requests
- Raise money to buy or match funds for equipment that is in short supply
- Ship (with our partners) the equipment to the Ukrainian border
- Enlist local help to properly distribute the equipment within Ukraine.
Blog
- 2023 and beyond: where GNA is going 30th November 2023
- The splicer has arrived — but we need more 23rd April 2022
- The first delivery has been made! 14th April 2022
Current statistics
Last updated 3 April 2022
- Donations promised : 2405
- Donations already received: 49
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- Keep Ukraine Connected logo
- Global NOG Alliance logo (black text | white text)
- Photos below (Click for larger versions)
Photos
The team unloads some servers — and then loads them onto the truck
René loads a much-needed Fiber Splicing Tool, half of which was paid for by a generous donor and then topped up with donations to the campaign, into the nearly full truck in Ljubljana.
Rene manoeuvres the servers into place
The truck is nearly full
Unloading our 15 pallets of networking equipment onto the waiting DEPs truck for distribution
Our Ukrainian friends help load the cargo from our truck to theirs
René (third from left) meets with some of the people in Ukraine who are doing everything they can to keep the internet working.