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...
On a rainy day earlier this week, our Computer Reach team and Heritage Community Initiatives in Braddock, PA teamed up to deliver 10 Apple G4 eMac computers to 50 students in the H.O.S.T. program. H.O.S.T. is a before and after-school program for 5-15 year old students. Thanks to CEO Michele Atkins and teacher/coordinator Jodi Kelley...
Our team in Ghana made a second visit to The Street Academy in Accra yesterday. You may recall that back in March 2012, Computer Reach and our partners provided the school with 5 Linux Edubuntu laptops. The Street Academy uses education, culture, and sports to expose the hidden talents of children living on the streets...
