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Erin Connor

Critical Human Needs Portfolio Manager

Cisco Corporate Affairs & Cisco Foundation

Erin manages Cisco’s Critical Human Needs funding portfolio, which provides cash and product grants to non-profits that are using innovative technologies to increase access to food, water, shelter or disaster relief.

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Turning Crisis into Possibility on World Refugee Day

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, Cisco and the Cisco Foundation support nonprofit organizations that serve people who are displaced by humanitarian crises and natural disasters. Today, World Refugee Day, is an opportunity for us to recognize organizations that are doing this…

How Technology Can Accelerate Sustainable Access to Safe Water

Water is everywhere. It covers 70% of our planet and makes up nearly 60% of the human body. Despite its abundance, 663 million people around the world lack access to safe water. Another 2.4 billion people lack access to a toilet or latrine, while more than 3.5 million people die each year because of…