Digital Opportunity Trust

Digital Opportunity Trust is a leading international organization, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. DOT focuses on creating educational, economic, and entrepreneurial opportunity through the effective use of ICT for communities and people in countries that are developing, are in transition, or are under stress. DOT has a particular focus on youth and women. DOT operates programs in Canada, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Mexico and the United States.

DOT was created in 2002. Since then, DOT has mobilized more than 2,000 young ICT Interns to positively affect the lives of more than 200,000 people in communities and schools around the world.

DOT adheres to a fundamental principle of local operation. In each of its locations, DOT establishes a local organization, staffed by local professionals and guided by a business plan to achieve longer term sustainability. DOT utilizes a unique model to implement its programs through local partners, local Interns, and local communities. The core belief behind its model is the confidence that local partnerships are at the heart of sustainability and that the localization of the DOT program and methodology is fundamental to developing a meaningful and relevant relationship between technology and the people who use it.

Specialties

Economic Development through ICT, Entrepreneurial opportunity through ICT, Educational Development through ICT, Leadership Opportunities through ICT