ECHOnet.org poised for relaunch
Local non-profit, Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization or ECHO will be revealing its newly designed website (http://www.echonet.org) on Tuesday August 25th with a launch party at 10:30 am.
Visitors, guests, ECHO staff and volunteers and will celebrate with “webpage punch, technology tea and search-engine-optimized snacks at the reception. Staff from Wmtek, the creators of the site will be in attendance as well.
The ECHO website not only allows the public to find out more information about this international development organization, but is integral to ECHO’s mission of helping those working with the poor overseas have more access to research, ideas and resources.
“Our technical documents are downloaded at an average of 900 per day!” says ECHO President and CEO Stan Doerr, “We want those overseas to have the best possible access to our resources, and that includes this great new website.”
“We’d like to invite local residents to come and get the first glances at our new site as they celebrate with us,” says Public Relations Manager Danielle Flood who has been heading up the project. “But the best thing about the internet is that people from all over the world can come! 10:30 am EST is 5:30 PM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and our contacts there can come too!
Visitors to the site not only be able to download documents, but also read the ECHO blog, comment on various articles, join the ECHO network, request seeds, watch videos and podcasts and read archived issues of ECHO newsletters and documents
For more information about the Launch Party, please call Danielle Flood at 239.567.3312 or visit www.echonet.org.
About: ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) provides sustainable solutions to world hunger through agricultural training, innovative ideas, and networking. By networking with community leaders and missionaries in 180 developing countries, ECHO seeks to find agricultural solutions for families growing food under difficult conditions. ECHO’s international headquarters is located in Fort Myers, FL.