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Dublin City Council uses Camaras services to help 7600 school children
Dublin City Council Trail Blazes on Reuse of Retired Computers – minimising Co2 emissions and providing education to schools
* Camara made 18 Dublin City Council retired IT hardware collections in 2009 and to date in 2010.
* Camara have amassed over 350 computers in these collections making [...]
Part of the service…
Last week the collections team made its way to Diageo to move some heavy server equipment and the mother of all server cabinets. We wheeled the equipment efficiently through a 100 meters of winding office space to the truck taking on two sets of steps. A lot of collections require sheer brute force and [...]
2010:)
Happy new year to all our volunteers & staff. We hope you remember some of your achievements in 2009 and everyone in Camara wishes all of you a wonderful 2010.
Your contributions and efforts always amaze us. We simply could not operate without you. If you have a new years resolution to change the lives [...]
Castleknock TWP partners with Hamara
Providing Computers for St Mary’s School, Metcha Boroddo, Ethiopia.
Anniversary Celebrations
As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, Our Lady Mother of the Church, Castleknock, set up a Third World Partnership (TWP) in early 2008 with the aim of supporting a community in Ethiopia.
The Castleknock TWP have partnered with a region called Metcha Boroddo, north east of [...]
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M&E… and Sarah Palin
I started with Camara back in November, and I’ve had all the intentions in the world of blogging before this- yet for some reason it hasn’t happened. I think the main reason is that my job might come across as being about as interesting as a book of philosophy written by Sarah Palin. Actually, scratch [...]
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Stepping up to The Mark
I am Mark Fox. I started working in Camara in early January. My role is to keep the supply line of second hand computers humming into Camara – and thats where we need the help of all volunteers and Camara advocates. In 2008 Camara sent 5,022 computers to African schools (a fantastic achievement in its [...]
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