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Computer Aid to treble PC delivery to Rwanda
News Computer Aid International aims to put 3,000 PCs into Rwandan schools and community projects in the next 12 months - treble the number for the last year. Tony Roberts, Computer Aid chief executive, said: "Rwanda has changed and wants to change more. [13 May 2004]
Computer Aid hits new milestone
News For Computer Aid International, it equals 40,000 PCs that have now been refurbished by the North London-based charity and sent out to schools, community projects and other not-for-profit organisations in 90 countries, mainly in the developing world. [07 Feb 2005]
AIDs fight in Africa gets PC boost
News UK IT charity Computer Aid is working with an AIDS charity to provide schools in the developing world with the technology to educate pupils about the spread and prevention of the disease. Computer Aid is working with the Berkshire-based CfBT... [31 Oct 2006]
Got any old kit? Then do your bit for charity
News Computer Aid International has launched its latest appeal for second-hand PCs as it continues to provide refurbished hardware to bridge the growing global digital divide. Computer Aid International provides reconditioned PCs to schools and... [03 Feb 2004]
Charity offers free WEEE advice
News UK charity Computer Aid International has today launched a free guide for companies and individuals struggling to get to grips with the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive - which will require the recycling and safe disposal... [26 Oct 2004]
STOP! Don't take a hammer to your hard drive
News Charitable PC recycler Computer Aid International has responded to a report last week which claimed a high percentage of discarded hard drives contain sensitive information and is imploring users not to use a hammer to solve the problem. [22 Jan 2003]
Any old Pentiums, any old Pentiums, any, any, any old Pentiums
News Charitable organisation Computer Aid International has today announced that a campaign to refurbish and donate old Pentium PCs, launched last June, has already turned around 5,000 computers for distribution in developing countries. [04 Feb 2003]
$100 laptop: 'Fundamentally flawed'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) scheme is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the IT industry, according to Tony Roberts, chief executive and founder of UK charity Computer Aid International. [21 Jun 2006]
Help us to bridge the digital divide
News A team of three from CNET Networks UK, publisher of silicon.com, will later this week be travelling to Kenya, marking the culmination of a fundraising drive on behalf of IT industry charity Computer Aid International. [29 Jan 2007]
WEEE takes council computers to Africa
News The council has been giving its old computers and equipment to Computer Aid International which distributes them to schools and hospitals in Africa. Computer Aid International arranges to be wiped of all data free of charge before shipping them to... [21 Apr 2008]
Charity hits back at 'destroy your PC' claims
News Computer Aid International assures businesses it will wipe data to government approved levels and offers strict reassurances to businesses that their data will be entirely removed before the PC gets its new lease of life. [18 Feb 2005]
Help silicon.com bridge the digital divide
News In association with Computer Aid International, the project is looking to raise enough money to kit out several Kenyan schools with complete computer suites - where access to computers can make a massive difference to the quality of education and... [13 Oct 2006]
Get a free broadband modem from Pipex
News Pipex is teaming up with Computer Aid International to distribute the used modems to schools and community organisations in the third world. Jaf Shah, fundraising and marketing manager at Computer Aid International, said: "It's good to see a... [15 May 2002]
How recycled PCs bridge the digital divide
News Last week silicon.com met up with two charities: one UK-based, Computer Aid International; and one Kenya-based, Computers For Schools Kenya, to see first-hand how this process works. Speaking at the unveiling of one shipment of computers, Tony... [12 Feb 2007]
Police investigate charity credit card data hack
News Hackers breached the security of the Aid to the Church in Need website on Sunday 27 November and stole the credit card details, names and addresses of 2,800 charity donors held on the system. Neville Kyrke-Smith, UK national director of Aid to the... [12 Dec 2005]
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