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Photos: Computer Aid Warms Chile With White Heat Of Technology
News Chilean Ambassador Rafael Moreno (right) receives the first of a 7,000-strong consignment of refurbished PCs from Tony Roberts, founder of London-based charity Computer Aid International. Computer Aid has recently celebrated a landmark, having...
[July 4, 2006, 17:05]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
News Computer Aid International has grown from one volunteer working part time to a slick operation employing 15 paid full-time staff and up to 15 volunteers, in just six years. The organisation recently passed the 40,000 mark, equivalent to over £2m...
[February 10, 2005, 15:25]
Computer Aid Gives 40,000 PCs A Fresh Start
News For Computer Aid International, it equals 40,000 PCs that have now been refurbished by the North London-based charity and sent out to schools, community projects and other not-for-profit organisations in 90 countries, mainly in the developing world.
[February 4, 2005, 12:15]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback They just end up being dumped in African countried that dont have controlled landfills - now how does this benefit the environment or anyone else apart from the owner of this Computer Aid outfit ? Hmmm so what hapened to those 486 machines in...
[February 10, 2005, 17:26]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback First, Computer Aid is a registerd charity, not a company, and thus does not have an 'owner'. Local businesses would not benefit if Computer Aid stopped shipments, because the recipient organisations still would not be buying them.
[February 11, 2005, 11:33]
Computer Aid Cycle Challenge - Day Five And Six
Blog Tomorrow morning, while the rest of the team take a 7 hour minibus ride back to Nairobi, I am flying back early so I can check out some more Computer Aid projects in the afternoon including a trip to see how a flash memory stick can be used as an...
[February 8, 2007, 10:10]
Photos: Computer Aid For Castro's Cuba
News Computer Aid International is inviting IT professionals to participate in its second annual Cycle Challenge and help bridge the digital divide. We are now aiming to eclipse that achievement and provide even more people with the tools to help them...
[May 25, 2007, 18:00]
Contact Computer Aid
Talkback The best thing to do - providing you are based in the UK -- is to contact Computer Aid at the following address and they can help you arrange removal of the CRTs.http://www.computeraid.org/inddonations.htm
[April 3, 2007, 9:57]
Donate Your Laptops To Computer Aid
Blog At the moment Computer Aid are pushing hard for laptop machines as part of the project for blind teachers .in the region. So if you're company has got an old laptop hanging around - they tend to sit in cupboards and storage areas rather than being...
[March 12, 2007, 11:22]
Kenya IT Computer Aid Cycle Challenge!
Blog Together with two colleagues from CNET Networks, Will Sturgeon and Helen Cooke, I'm taking part in a cycle challenge on 2 February 2007 to raise money for the IT charity Computer Aid. Computer Aid takes donated PCs and refurbishes them for use in...
[January 25, 2007, 11:05]
Photos: Re-use Don't Recycle, Says Computer Aid
News Zambian high commissioner, His Excellency Anderson Chibwa, was on hand to help Computer Aid chief executive Tony Roberts load up the 90,000th refurbished PC for its journey to Africa. Following the long-awaited enforcement of the EU Waste...
[July 5, 2007, 15:59]
Bringing Computer Aid To Cuba
Blog It’s too late to sign-up unfortunately, but I am sure IT charity Computer Aid would bite hands off for more donations for its annual charity cycle ride which kicks off next month. You can find more information about Computer Aid and the Cuba cycle...
[January 28, 2008, 9:54]
Flying Doctors Bring Computer Aid To Africa
News IT charity Computer Aid International is working with the African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) to supply rural hospitals in Kenya with PCs, digital cameras and internet connectivity. By allowing doctors in remote medical centres to connect...
[November 27, 2007, 11:01]
News Burst: Computer Games Aid Hyperactive Children
News The treatment involves monitoring the brain activity of children and encouraging them to produce more high-frequency brain waves, which coordinate brain activity and aid concentration. The computer games let the scientists work with the children...
[August 25, 2000, 10:06]
Computer Aid Cycle Challenge - Day Five And Six
Blog Comment Well done! Sounds like it was much more gruelling than you expected but a fantastic achievement.
[February 10, 2007, 20:30]
Computer Aid Wants Your Old PCs
News Technology that may no longer be cutting edge for UK businesses can still provide years of useful service to schools and colleges in the developing world.
[August 29, 2007, 15:41]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback Please help us in giving us 1 laptop for our association the Lughu Community Youth Development Association (LCYDA). LCYDA is a non profitable organization here in Solomon Islands focus in providing information and new technology to young girls and...
[June 4, 2005, 1:03]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback how do we know these PCs are going to schools and why not let the african schools buy from local busiesses not ruin them ever further by importing PCs that are given away or dumped in UK and further destroying to local computer businesses in...
[February 11, 2005, 8:09]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback According to the WEEE Directive (and this article is about Recycling and WEEE) - It is illegal to send Electronic Waste (WEEE) to countries where such equipment can not be recycled in the same way it would be recycled within the EU.
[February 17, 2005, 23:40]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback So it seems that the prices (service fees) they charge for old PCs are basically second-hand market prices so basically it appears that this is just a second-hand computer business. Dear Matt, it is good to see idealist like you ara still around...
[February 11, 2005, 23:00]
