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Thurs. 24th March – Evening workshop closed
The Volunteer table quiz night out is on Thursday 24th March in Mssr’s Maguire pub. As a result the workshop will not be open late.
Our GM’s African Trip – First Installment
After six airports in two days, I finally made it to my first destination, our hub in Kitwe, Zambia where I met Douglas (standing at back of photo).
Douglas finished school a few months ago and has started to volunteer in our top performing hub, Camara Zambia. On my arrival and introduction he sought me [...]
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Fri. 11th March. Drop off time changed
This coming Friday 11th March we will be unable to accept computer drop offs between 4.00pm and 5.00pm. Please check our opening hours for an alternative time. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Some more In-Country equipment donations
Camara’s African hubs are continuing to make progress in sourcing equipment locally. Recently Camara Rwanda received an equipment donation from DFID’s (UK Department for International Development) Rwandan Offices. They received CPU’s, servers, some laptops and scanners.
Meanwhile Camara Zambia received equipment from the Irish Embassy. The donation comprised of some printers, computers, a server and [...]
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Power Outage resolved
Unfortunately due to an ESB fault in the Digital Hub the workshop was not able to operate fully this morning. Monday 7th Feb 2011.
We are Pleased to say that the fault has been rectified and all operations are back to normal. The workshop will be open as usual tomorrow Tuesday 8th Feb 2011. Apologies for [...]
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‘Camara Ireland’ computer reuse project launched
Camara was pleased to play host to fifth-class students from Scoil Mhuire, Shankill, in our Dublin workshop on January 25th. The students were there to learn more about the importance of computer reuse at the launch of the ‘Camara Ireland’ project which is bringing the Camara Education model to schools in disadvantaged areas in Dublin. [...]
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Camara Rwanda win prestigious International Award
Last weekend at the Global Development Network Conference, Colombia, Camara Rwanda saw off competition from 251 other international projects to win the ‘Japanese award for the Most Innovative Development Project’. This is one of the most prestigious awards handed out within the sector and reflects all the hard work put in by everyone both in [...]
Kiliminjaro climb for Camara
It’s the New Year. Want to get fit ? and take on a challenge ? That’s just what Pádraig Ó Murchú did when he decided to set himself the challenge of climbing Kiliminjaro and in the process raise funds for Camara. Pádraig and a small group of friends decided to take on this challenge so [...]
IKEA Computer Bring Day
As part of IKEA’s commitment to environmental sustainability they have asked Camara to organise a Computer Bring Day for this Sat 8th Jan at their IKEA Dublin Store. Computers can be dropped off at their store entrance from 10:00am to 06:00pm. Due to the costs of refurbishing and shipping computers to Africa, Camara ask for [...]
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GM’s Africa Trip – Second Installment