Global Citizenship

Ifrane, Morocco - August 18-23, 2005: Sun was the sole corporate sponsor and technology partner for the 2nd Pan African Youth Leadership summit working towards improving international access to technology.   » Learn More   » Watch Video

New York, New York - October 29-31, 2006: At the UN Global Youth Summit, Sun provided training on technology enabled- collaboration, blogging, and communications to teach youth delegates the powerful implications of utilizing new technologies. Sun also hosts the summit web site, and is offering a mentoring program to youth delegates.   » Learn More

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Since 2003 - Present: Sun employees have opened the company's facilities after hours to the youth from impoverished communities and offered them training on basic IT principals, office skills, and Java Technology.

Menlo Park, California - July 2007: High-school aged students that are part of the Coro Exploring Leadership Program interacted with technology, were exposed to some new initiatives Sun is driving, and met with a wide range of professionals.   » Learn More

Somerset, New Jersey - July 2007: Approximately 90 students from the NJ Governor's School of Engineering and Technology Program, visited a Sun facility. The students came to Sun for a full day of lectures and demonstrations on topics such as A Day in the Life of a Field Service Engineer, Eco-Responsibility – What it means at SUN, and You & the Participation Age.   » Learn More

Hong Kong, China - 2006: Sun employees contributed to the building of 6 schools in China and provided more than 2,500 students with donated books and tuition scholarships.

Bangalore, India - 2006: Sun has contributed to the education of over 750 students by way of creating a free school for underprivileged children, and has created a computer literacy program for government-run schools.

Asia - 2004: Sun and our employees were recognized by the Red Cross for the $1.2 million donation to aid victims of the tsunami, but also for the equipment and technical assistance offered by Sun employee volunteers.   » Learn More

Lafayette, Louisiana - 2005: Sun and our employees were recognized by the Red Cross not only for the $1.8 million donation to aid victims of hurricane Katrina, but also for the labor and network infrastructure donated, as well as the time sun technicians volunteered to bring enterprises back online.   » Learn More

Fremont, California - 1995 - Present: The Sun Foundation awarded Blacow Elementary $100,000 in hardware, software, system support and training. The education grants are an effort to increase participation of under represented populations in technology courses and careers. Utilizing Sun technologies, students and teachers continue to expand access to curricula and references.

Dallas, Texas - 2002-Present: Volunteers from the Sun Dallas office adopted the West Dallas Community Centers. A Sun Foundation Grant provided the centers with Sun servers, Sunray monitors and software to accommodate 2 computer labs. Both labs are used year round for after school and summer programs. Sun volunteers installed the equipment and helped the centers establish a relationship with an Internet Service Provider. They trained the staff on UNIX and the students and staff on Staroffice and Mozilla. Over the years, sun volunteers have maintained the systems and provided technical assistance when the center had problems.   » Learn More

Bono Concert Tour - 2005: 102 concerts, 14 countries, and 280,000 text messages. Sun technology joined forces with Bono to use technology to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa. A text messaging application was developed using Java technology to visually project the names of the millions that sent text messages and emails at U2 concerts in support of Bono's call to action: "We're not asking for your money. We're asking for your voice."   » Learn More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 2005: Live 8 Concerts 2005: Powered by Sun, supporters responded to Bono's call to action: "We're not asking for your money. We're asking for your voice." Sun technology enabled some 26.4 million mobile text messages and emails containing names of supporters uniting from around the world to support Live 8 and the end of extreme poverty in Africa.   » Learn More

Edinburgh, Scotland - 2005: Live 8 Concerts 2005: Powered by Sun, supporters responded to Bono's call to action: "We're not asking for your money. We're asking for your voice." Sun technology enabled some 26.4 million mobile text messages and emails containing names of supporters uniting from around the world to support Live 8 and the end of extreme poverty in Africa.   » Learn More

Sausalito - 2006: Sun designed and donated a web-based solution that enables architects, designers, communities, and relief organizations to: Collaborate and communicate in real-time and in multiple languages, download and upload copyright-free designs, case studies, building plans, and blueprints, simulate geographic, seismic, and financial variables, access costly computing cycles required for rendering architectural designs.   » Learn More

Argentina - 2005 Sun loaded a 15-seat lab onto a bus, which tours the 15,000 state schools in the Buenos Aires Province throughout the year. This mobile computer center equipped with Sun Ray ultra-thin clients traveled to remote areas to provide Internet and computing resources for K-12 students.The Ministry of Education estimates it can reach 4.5 million students this way, giving them computer access for the first time.   » Watch Video