Computer Aid now seeking donated tablets and handheld PCs
Howard Lake | 26 March 2014 | News
Individuals and companies have been donating unwanted desktop and laptop computers to charities for years. Now, Computer Aid International is asking for the first time for donations of tablets and handheld computers. These will be sent to disadvantaged groups in over 100 developing countries and in the UK.
The appeal follows a strategic review at the charity and its input into the 2015 review of the millennium development goals.
It comes as the charity is working to double the number of donated PCs and laptops that it receives from companies, government departments, and other supporters in the UK. PC donors in the UK include include Barclays, Buckingham Palace, Sony Entertainment, Willis Group, London Zoo, Telefonica UK and British Airways.
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Keith Sonnet, Chief Executive at Computer Aid, explained:
“The new strategy is designed to ensure that Computer Aid is able to continue its pioneering work in providing low cost solutions using ICT to overcome disadvantage. Unless we keep abreast of technological innovation and provide tablets and emerging technologies the digital divide will only widen. Access to ICT is an essential requirement if the new Millennium Development Goals post 2015 are to be achieved”.
Computer Aid is the only charity to have received a royal warrant. Earlier this year it was granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment by the Queen and is the official provider of computer recycling services to the Royal Household.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.