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Reporting, musing and not to mention some random scribbling on tech issues from green/sustainable IT to security. (http://adonoghue.wordpress.com/)
Monday 12 March 2007, 12:22 PM
Donate your laptops to Computer Aid
Thanks again to everyone who supported our Kenya Cycle challenge - it was an amazing trip.
The £17.5K CNET raised bought most one of the two shipping containers of PCs we donated -- which equates to about 200 machines I think. Having been on the ground and chatted to pupils and teachers, I can testify what an important difference machines that may have reached the end of their natural life in the UK can make to Kenyan schools and the wider community.
At the moment Computer Aid are pushing hard for laptop machines as part of the project for blind teachers . in the region. Teaching is one of the few jobs open to the blind in Kenya – people with disabilities are often hidden away from public view and marginalised – and getting access to the latest teaching aids is an almost impossible task given the expense of Braille books.
Laptops mean visually impaired teachers can store audio and text-based teaching aids in a highly portable and flexible format. So if you're company has got an old laptop hanging around – they tend to sit in cupboards and storage areas rather than being recycled as they are smaller than cumbersome desktops - please get in touch with Computer Aid .
The £17.5K CNET raised bought most one of the two shipping containers of PCs we donated -- which equates to about 200 machines I think. Having been on the ground and chatted to pupils and teachers, I can testify what an important difference machines that may have reached the end of their natural life in the UK can make to Kenyan schools and the wider community.
At the moment Computer Aid are pushing hard for laptop machines as part of the project for blind teachers . in the region. Teaching is one of the few jobs open to the blind in Kenya – people with disabilities are often hidden away from public view and marginalised – and getting access to the latest teaching aids is an almost impossible task given the expense of Braille books.
Laptops mean visually impaired teachers can store audio and text-based teaching aids in a highly portable and flexible format. So if you're company has got an old laptop hanging around – they tend to sit in cupboards and storage areas rather than being recycled as they are smaller than cumbersome desktops - please get in touch with Computer Aid .
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