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Education For All: Class of 2015
75 million children are out of schoool, and millions more struggle to stay in school. This is a battle we can win – with the right political will and resources Education for All is possible.
This short film was produced for the Education for All: Class of 2015 that was launched at the UN in September [...]
Recycling Computers is Bad for the Environment
Camara is Ireland’s largest computer re-user, sending over 14,000 PCs to Africa to aid education in schools. We have just launched a ‘Computer Recycling is Bad for the Environment’ Campaign to make business and consumers nationwide aware that recycling is not the best practice for used computers.
Over 250,000 computers are disposed of in Ireland every [...]
Posted in Blog, News, PC Recycling Also tagged Africa, camara, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon footpriont, chemicals, computer, e-waste, emissions, energy, environment, ewaste, fossil fuels, re-use, recycling, recyle, Reuse, UN report, waste Leave a comment
The Real Cost to the Planet of Owning a Computer
Prices of computers keep falling – a new desktop computer may only set you back €350. However, I was shocked to learn the finding of a 2004 UN study that 1.8 tons of material is used to manufacture a desktop PC and monitor – 1,500 kg of water, 240kg of fossil fuels and 22kg of [...]
Posted in Monitoring and Evaluation, PC Recycling Also tagged climate change, computer, PC Recycling, PC reuse, UNESCO, waste Leave a comment
Latest container packed in 38 seconds!
We’ve got the video to prove it.
The container arrived at 12 noon at our facility in The Digital Hub, Dublin 8. The mid day sun turned it into an oven though we had plenty of help on hand. Each volunteer took turns to unload, pack and squeeze the 438 refurbished computer systems into the hot [...]
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Hoima Trucking
They say a good neighbour is one who lets alot of things go unnoticed. The Uganda computer refurbishment hub at The Mountains of the Moon University has a Truck company down the road and it seems that they are quite neighbourly. One of their trucks was able to navigate the route to St Josephs Primary [...]
Our Ugandan Hub
Wednesday December 3rd – Kampala/Fort Portal
The day started with a visit to the Irish Embassy in Kampala to meet
the Ambassador Kevin Kelley. I had first met Kevin 3 ½ years ago when
he headed up the Irish Aid mission in Ethiopia and I was carrying out
research on ‘The viability of using ICT in Education [...]
Uganda calling
The next shipment of 450+ computers is going out to Uganda! We have three pallets finished, 35 to go. We need your computers and your time down at our workshop on Thomas Street over the next two weeks. It has to go out this month so that I.T. training can begin in January in Ugandan [...]
The Mubende Experience
After a great first week in Kampala we departed for our next stop, Mubende, on Sunday 13th July. The direction was west and approx. two and three quarter hours later bumping and zig-zagging on a poorly partly surfaced road we arrived in the rural town of Mubende. The journey itself was an experience not least [...]
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