Supporting Africans

 Supporting Schools in Africa

Africa is one of the least developed continents in the world. People in that continent  face starvation and malnutrition.

The state of primary and secondary schools in most rural Africa are particularly poor. Virtually none of the primary or secondary schools are equipped with even basic computers. In the schools of today's developed countries, computers are seen as a necessity. Computers also facilitate a wide range of learning experiences. Unfortunately, more than 90% of children in rural Africa have never seen a computer.

We need your kind assistance to solve this drastic situation.

What you can do in support of the African Rural Schools 

You can help rural school children in Africa by:

• Donating computers
• Donating books (educational ones in good condition would be particularly appreciated)
• Donating money to help us transport the computers and books to any part of Africa
• Volunteering to teach children how to use computers in rural African schools

We accept Computers donated to us in good conditions

Desktop Computers

Desktop machines with any peripheral equipment such as monitors, mice, keyboards, modems, cables and power leads.

• Pentium III processor 450Mhz and upwards
• Celeron processor 600Mhz and upwards
• AMD K6 processor 600Mhz and upwards
• Pentium IV processor 1.4Ghz and upwards

If you are unsure check for the Intel Pentium III, IV or Celeron logo. Most systems running Windows 2000 or XP should be acceptable.

We prefer Dell, HP, Compaq and IBM but do accept others. Please ensure any cabinet fittings are unlocked and bios/hard disk passwords are disabled if possible.

We also accept other peripherals and/or spare parts including:

• Hard Disks
• CD Rom/DVD Rom drives
• CD writers
• Blank media
• USB devices/hubs/cables
• Modems
• Sound Cards

Laptop Computers

We accept laptops with Pentium II 233Mhz processors or better with their power adaptors and any peripherals such as external floppy/CD/DVD drives. Please remember to supply any passwords if implemented. Unfortunately we are unable to accept 386, 486, Pentium I or Apple Macintosh equipment.

Printers

We accept any working inkjet and laser printers. Consumables (cartridges and toners) for the printer model being donated would also be helpful.

Networking Equipment

We do not accept Token Ring equipment unless it is already installed in a desktop. Otherwise we accept 10BaseT, 10/100TX. 100TX and above hubs, switches and network cards. When donating such equipment it would be helpful if any required external power supplies are also supplied.

We also accept:

• Wireless equipment
• Cat5 cabling
• Cat5 cable test equipment
• Network Routers and Bridges
• UPS Units, battery not older than 2 years
• Network Print Servers

Other equipment

Other equipment we are happy to receive donations include:

• KVM Switches (with appropriate cables where possible)
• SCSI II, III, W, UW hard disks greater than 4GB
• SCSI controller cards
• Backup units not older than 3 years
• UPS Units with a battery no older than 2 years
• Educational software