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Camara and the Holy Tree Academy, Kenya

Head teacher and Founder of the Holy Tree Academy, Beatrice Mchalongo and primary teacher Nicholus Nzai talk about how Camara’s services and your donations of computers have benefited their school in Kenya. Q. What is the difference between having computers at the school versus having no computers? Beatrice: Learning has improved so much. The kids are [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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.
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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!
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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 [...]
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