Categories
Blogging about…
Adama Addis Adaba Africa camara Camara Hub Camara Hub Kenya Ciarán Casey computer Computer recycling Computer refurbishing Computer refurbishment computer reuse for education Computers Cormac Lynch education Ethiopia 08 Ethiopia 09 Flora Women's Mini Marathon Fundraising Gary's Musings ICT Kenya 08 Kigali Lesotho 07 Lesotho 09 Malindi Maseru Moodle News PC reuse Reuse Rwanda Rwanda 08 Rwanda 09 Science Tanzania 08 Uganda Uganda 08 UN Volunteer Volunteering volunteering in Africa Volunteers waste Zambia 07
Category Archives: Blog
Register NOW!
We are delighted to announce that registration for this year’s Sandymount 10K Run is now OPEN. Many thanks to Ireland’s cricketers, Trent Johnston and Max Sorensen together with Operation Transformation’s Killian Byrne who lined out to support the launch of this year’s 10K Run.
‘Register Now’ and avail of our special early [...]
Posted in Blog Leave a comment
Running for Stuart
On the 26th of February 2012, Alan and Kelly Jackson ran their first Kilimanjaro marathon in honour of Stuart Mangan, who sadly passed away in 2009 after a tragic rugby accident left him paralysed. As Stuart was a big advocate of technology empowering disadvantaged people and an admirer of the work of Camara Education, they [...]
Posted in Blog Leave a comment
Ireland’s World Cup Cricketers visit Irish Charity Camara in Kenya
Last week, Trent Johnston, John Mooney and Alex Cusack of the Irish Cricket team
took some time away from the bat to visit the hub of Irish Charity, Camara Education
in Mombasa, Kenya.
Camara Education, a social enterprise and charity, re-uses computers to educate children in disadvantaged schools in sub-Saharan Africa, Jamaica and Ireland. Camara Education refurbishes computers sourced [...]
Posted in Blog Leave a comment
Mbale Youth Polytechnic: Practical Achievers
Mbale youth polytechnic is an approved pre-vocational youth training project situated in Mwatate, Kilifi County. It was founded in the year 1985 with an aim of providing work-oriented training for school leavers. Thanks to the Government of Kenya’s youth program support, the Polytechnic has grown gradually and shown a lot of potential.
As a very small [...]
Camara Galway Computer Drop-Off
The Camara Galway computer drop-off is taking place on Wednesday 1st of February from 10am to 6pm, so why not drop-off your old PCs, laptops, monitors, keyboards and mice?
The drop-off hub is located on Distillery Rd. in the NUI Galway campus, (travelling towards Moycullen on the Newcastle Rd., turn right into NUIG at the AIB [...]
Mbale Youth Polytechnic Thank Camara Kenya for Support
“On behalf of the youth polytechnic in Mbale, we would like to thank you for your support in
equipping our institution with computers and educational materials. As a very small community of
6,000 residents, many of whom have never used a computer, the new computer courses have added a
sense of optimism to the village. With 89 students, [...]
Camara and the Ethiopian Education System
Demissew Bekele writes about the ICT role of Camara Education in the Ethiopian Education System.
Click here to read.
Christmas Closing Hours
We will be closed for Christmas from Dec 23rd- Jan 3rd. We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt supports IronMan for Camara
Well done to Niall Dennehy, an employee of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who raised an amazing €1,500 for Camara Education through competing in the IronMan triathlon held in Frankfurt, Germany earlier this year.
The IronMan (in case you didn’t know) is a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run. Thanks to [...]
Camara and the Holy Tree Academy, Kenya