Latino Center receives 1st computers in Spanish

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  • Dave Sevick of Computer Reach and Samantha Murphy, Education Liaison for Allegheny County Department of Human Services delivered 8 Apple iBook computers to The Latino Family Center on the South Side of Pittsburgh. They serve 173 family members from ALL over Allegheny County. Latino residents come from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Cuba, Uruguay,...

    Welcome Back Crestfield Camp Volunteers!

    Yesterday we welcomed back, for the third time this summer, volunteers from Crestfield Camp in Slippery Rock, PA. Liz Carras and her Crestfield Camp and Conference Center summer campers came for a Monday afternoon session of cleaning laptop power cords and outer cases. Grimy work indeed, that required many bottles of Simple Green and Goo...

    Video: 3 Schools

    This October, Africa ICT Right, an African NGO and Computer Reach partnered to deliver and install 100 computers to multiple ICT centers, schools and churches in Ghana. Check out this video for a quick glimpse at three sites we worked with. You’ll see The Street Academy in Accra, Rightway International School in Sun City and...

    Shiloh Church Project

    Computer Reach served a small country church in South Park, PA called Shiloh Church.  They have hosted a food bank for the past 37 years as well as women’s ministries, teen after school and summer programs and much more.  Alma Gilliam, mother of pastor Jerrel Gilliam, contacted Computer Reach about the Tabitha Women’s Ministry in...

    Volunteer Day at Goodwill

    We owe a giant thank you to the many people who made our big volunteer day at Goodwill on November 16th a success! We were able to get so much done that Friday, it made the finishing work on Saturday a breeze. On Saturday we had 33 volunteers helping to sort wires, cables, software and...

    What Happens to your E-Waste?

    As our world becomes more tech-savvy, outdated devices are often thrown away. Many of these items have valuable components that can be recycled and reused for many years to come. This is why the e-waste management business is bigger than ever. In a recent Earth911.com post, they say, “It’s not a glamorous business, but it...

    Resolving the Digital Divide 100 Desktops at a Time

    Dave Sevick and Beth Lynn Eicher of Computer Reach are at the Ohio LinuxFest 2012 in Columbus, Ohio today and tomorrow to present on our upcoming Ghana mission. This conference includes many interesting speakers and topics, you can read more about them here. The title of Beth Lynn’s talk is: Computer Reach, Ghana, and Free...

    Teacher Training Continues in Ghana

    The computers we delivered to Ghana, Africa last month continue to be placed in schools while students and teachers are being trained to use them. Our partner at Africa ICT Right, Daniel Kwaku Ganyaome, just gave us an update on the great progress they’re making. This week, 27 more teachers were trained to use the...

    The Nyadire Connection

    So far this year, great work is being done in Nyadire, Zimbabwe by a dedicated team called The Nyadire Connection. Fifty Computer Reach Apple computers are in use in Nyadire from our 2010 support mission. On six separate mission trips, forty volunteers traveled to Nyadire to work in The Nyadire Connection’s various programs, get to...

    ComputeReach Receives the 'Community Champion Award'

    Last night we attended the 17th Annual Child Abuse Prevention Month Awards and Appreciation Benefit, and were honored to receive the ‘Community Champion Award!’ Here are some pictures of the award: And some of our information, featured in the event’s pamphlet: When the goal for the day is getting enough food for the children in your care,...