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When Internet Society members come together, we’re unstoppable. 🕸 Around the world, Internet Society members are stepping up, pushing back, and protecting the Internet for everyone we hold dear. 🍀
Every day there are stories of the Internet Society making a difference locally and globally. We’re thrilled to share these stories via Global Update. Here’s an incredible story you can be a part of right now:
Give 5 Dollars and Join Bikram Shrestha to Build the Internet in Nepal
Driven to connect the world, Bikram Shrestha began to search for a way to help.
Bikram is an Internet Society member and former chapter leader. Through friends, he met Chhepal Sherpa, one of 1,700 Sherpa people living in the villages of Khunde and Khumjung.
‘Climate change is making their traditional jobs as mountain trekkers more and more dangerous,’ says Bikram. ‘Chhepal is an entrepreneur, and he and his community are driven to build a new economy, healthcare system, and more—he knows the Internet represents the path to the future.'
a man standing against a mountainous background in Nepal
Inspired, Bikram started to rally people around the cause, and now Internet Society members worldwide are making it happen! Together, we want to raise USD $100,000 to lay a fiber optic cable through the mountains. We still need to find USD $80,000.
Bikram Shrestha from the Nepal Internet Foundation. © João Aguiar/Internet Society
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By giving a single, one-time gift of USD $5 or HBD, you’ll be helping the Sherpa harness the power of the Internet for a brighter future.
Bikram's story is one example of Internet Society members who are taking a stand to protect and defend the Internet. What are you doing to protect the Internet where you live, and why? We’d love to hear about it!
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