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HP Foundation
The HP Foundation focuses on technology-related learning through its HP LIFE program, as well as disaster relief, charitable giving, and employee volunteerism so that people and communities worldwide can thrive.
As part of our corporate commitment to enable better learning outcomes for 100 million people by 2025, HP provides a range of additional education programs across the globe, enabled by our personal systems products and technology.
Our priorities
Through technology, we are unlocking opportunities and responding in areas of critical need:
- Accelerating economic opportunities—Building skills to improve employability; providing free, self-paced online courses; innovating ways of doing business; empowering micro-entrepreneurs
- Enabling better learning outcomes—Creating the Classroom of the Future to engage and empower students, educators, and communities; delivering connected learning solutions; advising on national human capital development strategies; helping people develop skills needed for the digital economy
- Supporting local communities—Responding to disasters; helping build community resilience; applying resources to advance the courses our people care about most
HP LIFE: Learning and employment opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs
To bridge the “digital divide”, the HP Foundation provides core business and IT skills training free of charge for start-ups, students, and small businesses through HP LIFE (Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs) . The program offers global access to 28 free online courses in seven languages.
We have enrolled 687,000 new users from 2012 through 2017, including more than 55,000 during the most recent year, with the greatest uptake in Brazil, Egypt, India, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United States.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), HP, and the HP Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding in 2017 renewing our partnership to further foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities in developing economies, including expanding our work into Africa.
Progress: 108,000 enrolled since 2016.
HP LIFE in Tunisia: Expanding opportunities for women
More than 50% of HP LIFE program participants in Tunisia in 2017 were female, even though women represent only 31% of the formal workforce. Female entrepreneurs founded 42% of the 161 start-up businesses resulting from this program. Read more HP LIFE success stories.
BeChangeMaker (BCM): Inspiring young people
HP LIFE hosts an annual BCM program, in partnership with WorldSkills International, which inspires young people aged 18 to 30 to tackle social issues, and increases their awareness of social entrepreneurship as a career option. In 2017, teams entered from around the world—including Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and South Africa. Seventeen HP employees served as team mentors and three HP employees joined the judging panel.
HP Matter to a Million
In 2017, 17,000 HP employees made $650,000 of loans to more than 50,000 small-scale entrepreneurs in 40 countries through the Matter to a Million program, using $25 loan credits from the HP Foundation.
Disaster recovery and resilience
HP, our employees, and the HP Foundation together provide financial support for communities affected by natural disasters and emergencies. We work with expert partners, including the American Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, to speed recovery and reconnect vital networks.
In 2017, the HP Foundation provided $500,000 to assist with disaster relief and recovery efforts related to earthquakes, flooding, terrorist attacks, and other emergencies in Mexico, Peru, South Asia, and the United States. The Foundation also funded $255,000 in disaster preparedness initiatives.
HP Connection Spot: Mobile disaster relief
The HP Connection Spot provides emergency connectivity to people in the contiguous United States who are unable to communicate due to a natural disaster. The custom-built trailer equipped with HP technology is staffed by HP volunteers and also available for first responders and non-profit personnel involved in disaster relief efforts.
In September 2017, we deployed the HP Connection Spot to the greater Houston area following the devastating floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. Eighty HP volunteers staffed the Connection Spot, which provided the community with critical emergency connectivity services enabling people to access and print Federal Emergency Management Agency relief and recovery applications, look for alternative living situations, and use the internet.
Employee volunteerism
Photo courtesy of Ted Raad
More than 5,600 employees contributed over 89,000 hours to local volunteer efforts in 2017, with a value of $3.5 million.2
Our 40 Days of Doing Good campaign delivered more than 2,600 volunteering hours in 2017, complemented by HP Foundation grants worth $345,000 to 40 organizations providing education and technology-related learning.
In 2017, 1,150 HP volunteers from 29 company sites participated in Hour of Code in 170 schools and communities worldwide, teaching valuable computer science skills to more than 17,800 underserved school students.
In addition to their time, employees also donated $1.7 million in cash to qualifying organizations during 2017 through our HP Inspires Giving program. The HP Foundation contributed $1.66 million in matching funds.
For more information, see our Sustainable Impact Report.
1. The HP Foundation is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization.
2. Hourly rate is based on type of volunteering: $150/hour for board, service corp, pro bono, and skills based; $24.14/hour for hands-on and undetermined, adjusted using World Bank data for purchasing power differences across countries.
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