Community
Microsoft employees also focus on global projects. Employees contributed more than $80,000 in donations and volunteer time to Jolkona, a microgiving nonprofit started by Adnan Mahmud, a Microsoft program manager. A snapshot of the impact Microsoft employees have made through the Jolkona platform can be found below:
Covered the cost of 11 children’s education in India for one semester
Fed 15 orphaned children for one week each in Uganda
Provided life-saving diarrhea treatments to 27 children in India
Provided 24 months psychology support to orphans in Bolivia
Trained four women in bio-intensive farming in Kenya
Fed a family of six facing Somali famine crisis for 21 weeks