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Computer
Aid International wins Nominet’s Access Award |
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11th October 2007
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CNET’s
Green IT Initiative of the Year award |
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September 2007 Computer Aid International CEO Tony Roberts (right), Click here
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Summer
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August 2007 Many UK Colleges and Universities chose to donate their A large proportion of these donated computers will be
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How
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August 2007 Computer Aid, GreenPeace and HP feature on panel of highly successsful Computing businessGreen WebSeminar series: "How to tackle the e-waste probem" Click here
for to view the webseminar
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Computer
Aid International ships its 90,000th PC |
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![]() Zambian High Commissioner (pictured right) helping to load 90,000th PC |
4th July 2007 Computer Aid International today shipped its 90,000th PC. 225 PCs were today shipped to Zambia to be distributed to colleges across the country by the Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVETA). The event was marked with a visit by the Zambian High Commissioner, His Excellency, Anderson K Chibwa who personally helped to load the last PC onto the container. “Hundreds more Zambian students will now have the opportunity to learn the IT skills that will help secure their future – an opportunity which just would not be possible without the generosity of Computer Aid’s donors” said His Excellency. |
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Environment
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3rd July 2007 Following on-site inspections of our systems and processes the Environment Agency has made Computer Aid an Authorised & Approved Treatment Facility (AATF)for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Computer Aid becomes the first international charity to be licensed to handle WEEE for re-use and to be able to issue the evidence notes that are designed to prove that original IT equipmentmanufacturers (OEMs) are complying with the WEEE legislation. To download our WEEE Guide for Business click here >>> |
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Cycle
Cuba with Computer Aid |
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Between 23 February and 3 March 2008, we will
be cycling 350km across Cuba, via Havana, Trinidad and the Bay of Pigs.
The route includes varied terrain - from stunning Caribbean beaches
to steep ascents into the Sierra de Escambray mountains.
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Computer
Aid increases minimum specifications for shipments of computers |
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15 March 2022 We are also increasing the hard drive capacity of Pentium 3 computers which will now be shipped with a minimum of a 10GB hard drive. These higher specifications will ensure that beneficiaries in the developing world can make the best possible use of ICT. To apply for computers online, click here.
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Computer Aid PCs improve food security in Kenya | ||||
James Muthoka at his farm |
London, January 2007 "James Muthoka is a miracle worker," writes Simon Birch in The Independent. "For 27 years he has tended his small farm outside the dusty town of Machakos, a two-hour ride from Nairobi. That anything grows in this parched land is staggering enough, but this year Muthoka has grown four times more maize than his neighbours. How has Muthoka pulled off this agricultural wonder? With nothing more than a computer," says the article. Birch goes on to explain that the Kenyan Met Office has been able to computerise its forecasting services, thanks to Computer Aid PCs, which have been provided to the 36 weather stations in Kenya. The weather stations are now able to quickly process weather data, and so provide farmers such as James Muthoka with crucial advice on when the rains are likely to fall and which variety of crops to sow. "My farm provides the only income for me and my family," says James Muthoka in the article. "The drought is very severe and without the information my crops would have definitely failed." The bumper harvest also meant that Muthoka was able to sell the additional maize, while his neighbours have insufficient food to feed their family. Computerised Met Office data is also being used to improve the health of people by forecasting outbreaks of life-threatening diseases such as Malaria and Kala-azar. You can read the full article about Computer
Aid on
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BBC
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London, August 2006 The bank details of thousands of Britons could fall into the hands of fraudsters, a BBC investigation has revealed, unless companies use professional PC decommissioning organisations such as Computer Aid. Investigative journalist Fiona Bruce exposed the danger of companies' confidential and sensitive data falling into the wrong hands. BBC 'Real Story' investigators
found personal data on the hard drives of PCs exported to Nigeria from
the UK. Identity fraud could be possible by buying the hard disks for
as little as £15. The BBC visited the Computer Aid workshop in
London to showcase the state-of-the-art data security solution offered
Computer Aid is the only UK charity to use this data destruction software which guarantees that data on donated PCs is 100% unrecoverable. Computer Aid works as a beta-test site for Blancco software and so is always at the cutting edge of data security. The service is free if working
P3 or P4 computers are delivered to the Computer Aid workshop in London.
A small fee is charged if Computer Aid are asked to arrange collection.
"There is no superior (commercial or not-for-profit) data destruction
solution available anywhere in the world than Blancco and Computer Aid
International" commented Tony Roberts, Computer Aid's Founder and
Chief Executive. Donating PCs to Computer Aid offers data protection
compliance as well as WEEE compliance with the added benefit of unlocking
the enormous potential re-use value of the computers in schools and
community organisations in developing countries.
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UN-HABITAT
signs cooperation agreement with Computer Aid |
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Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, |
Vancouver, 20 June 2021 The document was signed by UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka and Tony Rober ts Computer Aid International Chief Executive on the sidelines of the ongoing Third Session of the World Urban Forum currently underway in Vancouver, Canada. The Agreement of Cooperation spelt out how the two organisations will work together to apply ICTs to urban development projects beginning with a pilot in Kibera, Nairobi called the 'Computers for Communities' project. Kibera is Africa's largest urban slum and is home to about one million people. The Computers for Communities project is part of the UN-Habitat 'ICT for Development' programme. Read more on the UN-Habitat website |
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BBC
Visits Computer Aid Kenyan project |
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As the Kenyan High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Joseph Kirugumi Muchemi says: Only with computer skills can our young people compete for professional jobs and only with a workforce skilled in IT can our economy compete fairly for trade and investment. CFSK are providing Computer Aid PCs to schools even in the most rural areas where students have never previously seen or touched a computer. Mr Yuda, on the Board of Governors at Karama Secondary School, Meru North says: This initiative will help our young people in the schools and the community at large acquire the skills needed to thrive in the world of today. You can
provide practical support to o ur vital project today. |
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Computer
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![]() Sixth-form students in Swaziland enjoying their new computer lab. |
Computer Aid International aims to: - Increase the number of refurbished
computers being -
increase the number of UK organisations donating their - identify and work with those organisations in recipient countries able to derive maximum value from refurbished computers - provide training and work experience in computer repair to people from socially excluded communities in our workshops in the UK |
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