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...
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,...
This week our team visited an eWaste facility in Ghana called City Waste Group. Proper recycling of electronic waste is a very important issue, you may have seen our earlier blog post on the matter. In Ghana, proper recycling is especially important because many American and European companies ship their old electronics to Ghana. This...
News of our work in Ghana is developing daily. So far, a team of four highly passionate people has been assembled from across the United States. These four people will travel to Ghana in early October to deliver 100 computers to aid our African partners. These people are: Dave Sevick – Pittsburgh Nancy Latimer –...
Last week we received some local press coverage in Ghana about the work we are currently doing there. It was so exciting to get recognized and see our work with The Street Academy in print! We received great coverage from the Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times. You can read the online version of the...
It’s our pleasure to announce the shipping of 88 Linux computers to the West African nation of Ghana Please watch this short video on our boot-checking and packing project held over the weekend with 11 volunteers: The bottom line is that we were able to prepare 88 of the 100 computers (we ran out...
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Computer Reach had 24 volunteers helping with our Edubuntu Linux project. We created 46 new Linux computer desktop bundles and deployed 5 new PXE-Boot Servers, totaling 51 computers! We also did a host of other warehouse projects with packing materials in addition to the Clonezilla imaging. In the video below,...
Computer Reach leaders Marty Swartz and Dave Sevick extend their appreciation to The Crestfield Camp staff and campers, as well as The Nyadire Connection volunteers from the Latrobe United Methodist Church for their incredible day of volunteering on Monday June 18, 2012. Our warehouse work is sometimes difficult and exhausting in the heat of the...
There was a great article in this weekend’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the Good-to-Go computer program at Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania. We work with Goodwill all the time to turn donated computers into usable machines, it’s great to see that their donation numbers are going up! Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania is putting ready-to-go,...
We were happy to assist the Lincoln Park Community Center in setting up their brand new computer lab. We hope that it serves as a resource for the entire community. It was extremely rewarding to see all of the smiling faces excited about their new computers. Please remember that we rely on donors and volunteers like you to make a...