Computer Aid ships 200,000th PC
DEVELOPMENT
| March 15, 2012, 10:16 a.m.
Computer Aid International, an organisation that donates refurbished PCs and laptops, has passed the 200,000 PC milestone.
The UK-based organisation collects and refurbishes donated PCs, then ships them to organisations in 112 countries. It has now shipped 200,000 PCs and laptops to schools, hospitals and charities in developing countries since it was established in 1998.
The donated PCs have provided over one billion usable ICT hours to not-for-profit organisations in Africa and Latin America. They are being used to support the Millennium Development Goals of eradicating poverty, enriching education and improving health and medical care in the developing world.
At its celebration event in London, Tom Butcher, External Relations Manager, at The Met Office explained that PCs donated to Computer Aid have helped National Meteorological Services in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia to digitise weather observations which are used to help rural communities make better weather dependant decisions.
This project is just one of thousands in place across Africa and Latin America.
