Tag Archives: computer reuse for education

Up close and personal with people who have positive experience of working with Camara Zambia.

By mariea | Published: July 7, 2011
The advent of Camara-Zambia has brought about a lot of change in Zambia, through the education system and society. This has been verified by an M & E survey that was done on the Camara beneficiaries who testified about the good things that Camara education has come with. Apart from the computers and education packages [...]
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Update from Camara Ethiopia

By mariea | Published: July 4, 2011
The month of June continues to busy for the Ethiopian hub. The training of teachers and EMA ( Local partner) is still on going. Camara Ethiopia is negotiating with the Ministry of Education, Regional Education Bureaus, and also awaiting the container which is currently in Djibouti to sail through Addis Ababa in the coming week. [...]
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Camara Zambia hub:Going To Southern Province

By mariea | Published: June 14, 2011
In 2006 it was noted that in Zambia about 90% of the population are lacking ICT tools and training, which has resulted in most schools failing to provide quality education and also leaving the students and teachers disadvantaged when it comes to career opportunities. The Zambian government through the draft ICT policy of 2009 has [...]
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YOUTH APPENTICESHIP

By mariea | Published: June 6, 2011
The goal of the Government of Rwanda is to reduce poverty and in turn improve the well being of its population by ensuring equitable access to quality education focusing on combating illiteracy. Recommendations from the Workforce Development Authority (WDA) in Rwanda recommends the acquisition of technical skills by able individuals to ensure that those that are unable to get [...]
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PwC lead the way

By garyr | Published: April 7, 2011
A recent donation of 500 computers from PwC brings their total of computers re-used in education to 1,500.   Not only have PwC allowed thousands of children access to a better education by reusing their computers, they have also deferred 650 tonnes of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Their latest donation is currently being processed [...]
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GM Africa Trip Fourth Installment

By mariea | Published: March 31, 2011
So how does one introduce oneself to a Prime Minister? That was what I was mulling over as I was on the aiport bus back to the terminal, but first let me start at the beginning. As the airport bus drove us to the plane to bring us from Johannesburg to Maseru (Lesotho), the rain started [...]
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GM Africa Trip – Third Installment

By mariea | Published: March 28, 2011
The meeting in the President’s Office went as well as we could have expected. The ban on the importation of refurbished computers will soon be applicable only to those below a certain specification. This year in Camara we need to bring in 20,000 PC’s to distribute 10,000 so this specification should not be a [...]
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Children see computers for the first time

By Shen | Published: August 24, 2010
Greetings on behalf of the Pupils and Staff of St Mary’s Primary School Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. Last summer I collected 40 Laptops from you at Camara and shipped them to Nigeria. They arrived in December and I was able to install them in the School before Easter of this year. Since there is no electricity [...]
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No thanks! ;)

By eoghan | Published: July 30, 2010
Once a month, the wheels turn and the process of loading the container occurs. We would like to thank all of those who contribute to turning these wheels. If your mentioned, pat your own back, your brillant and thank you. Thanks Ita for processing the laptops. We believe that a busy volunteer is a happy volunteer [...]
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Decision Time. Responsible Recycling or Ethical Reuse!

By eoghan | Published: July 5, 2010
‘Householders and businesses in Ireland discard over 250,000 computers every year’. This in itself signifies the importance of computer equipment reuse. The environment is at risk and the best solution lies in reuse of equipment before eventual recycling. Think “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” as each discarded computer will get an opportunity to be reused before compliant [...]
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