Our Mission
Jangala is a UK-based charity dedicated to enabling internet access for people in need of urgent humanitarian aid or longer-term development assistance.
OUR TEAM
The Jangala team has an extensive background in the humanitarian, internet and telecommunications sectors. We have been focused on the development of Big Box for over five years.
Partners
Jangala works with both grassroots organisations and large aid and development organisations.
For small grassroots organisations, we can often provide Big Box systems free of charge. We welcome applications from organisations with demonstrable experience in providing vital basic services to those impacted by natural or man-made disaster.
Funders
We are hugely grateful for the support of the Lenovo Foundation, Virgin Media O2, Arm, Clifford Chance LLP, CHK Charities, the Tedworth Trust, Cuckoo, BT, Lush, the Albert Hunt Trust, the Charles S French Charitable Trust, Futures for Kids, Future Crunch and The Worldwide Tribe. Their funding and expertise has enabled us to carry out our development and deployment since 2018.
OPERATIONAL TEAM
Board of TRUSTEES
OUR STORY
Jangala began as a group of volunteers helping displaced people in the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, northern France in 2015. It quickly became clear that Wi-Fi was an essential need for people in the camp, not least those who travelled long distances from home who wanted to get in touch with friends and family.
Rich Thanki, drawing on his experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, approached Nils and Jaz O'Hara of The Worldwide Tribe with a plan to cover the Calais Jungle with Wi-Fi. In 2016, Samson Rinaldi joined the team and together they began developing Big Box as a cost-effective way of meeting the tremendous demand for internet access they faced.
In 2018, Jangala was formally established as a not-for-profit that develops low-cost, easy-to-use Internet access systems that can be deployed quickly in challenging emergency and development situations around the world.
Since then, we have deployed nearly 70 Big Box systems worldwide. Our award-winning work has provided crucial internet access in many situations, connecting over 70,000 people in more than 35 countries over five continents.
