I.T. Schools Africa - Donate Equipment

Donate Equipment

To arrange a donation please call 01242 228800

What we need

We are seeking donations of the following equipment in working or

der:

Working desk top computers - must be a good Pentium III (800Mhz or above) Celeron (1000Mhz or above) or Pentium IV. A rule of thumb would be that the machine is less than 6 years old.
Monitors (with computers) - 15" or 17", must be less than 10 years old.
Laptops - Pentium IV and must be accompanied by power adaptor.
Keyboards, mice and power leads.
Spare hard-drives, CD drives and floppy drives.

What we can't take

Sorry, but we are unable to accept the following:

Large CRT Monitors (19"+).
Printers.
Scanners.
Servers.
Network equipment, e.g. Routers, modems.

Delivery/collection

Equipment can be dropped off at our Cheltenham warehouse between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

For large volumes of computers (10-80) we can arrange collection within about 80 miles of Cheltenham, but we ask for a donation to contribute to the costs. Please contact Simon Richardson on 01242 228800 for more details.

Individuals wishing to donate from further afield may wish to use a budget courier service.

Protecting your data

We place the highest priority on data security of the computers donated to us. As soon as possible after receipt we erase all hard drives using "Kill Disk" professional data wiping software which is approved to the US Dept of Defence Standard 5002-22 for data cleansing. Following erasure, we examine the contents of each hard-drive to verify the data cleansing has been effective. Wiped hard drives are kept under lock and key, and any hard drives that we cannot wipe or that malfunction are physically destroyed (sledge-hammer).
If required, we are happy to provide certiificates confirming data cleansing has been completed.

Business Donors

Press and Publicity

We are eager to support IT Schools Africa wherever we can....

We provide press releases to the media about any large donations to raise awareness of your generous support, which we hope will result in press articles. We will issue you a copy of such press releases for use in your own in-house media. We are happy to work with your PR team to generate mutually beneficial publicity.

Computer donors to date include:

Chelsea Building Society
HSBC Bank
Lloyds TSB Bank
Cheltenham Ladies College
National Star College
UCAS
Rickerbys Solicitors
Alan Dick & Company
GCC
Oriel Business Services

Testimonials:

Chris Hallam, Area Director of HSBC Cheltenham:

HSBC are delighted to contribute to such a worthy cause, helping the children in Africa with their educational needs. This is one of many charitable initiatives which HSBC is involved with locally and internationally, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to communities both in the UK and throughout the world.

Anne Compton, Managing Partner of Rickerbys Solicitors:

As a firm we take our corporate social responsibilities very seriously and we were delighted to be able to support IT Schools Africa by providing them with our redundant IT equipment, which would otherwise be scrapped. It is really satisfying to know that we are playing our part in helping to educate children in Africa, providing them with the skills they need for the future,

Martin Douglas of Gloucester Computer Company (GCC):

We are delighted to be supporting this worthy cause and honoured to be playing an instrumental role in preventing such valuable resources as recyclable computers from going to waste.

Martin Davis, Facilities Manager at Alan Dick & Company:

'As a result of expanding IT networks and business system upgrades, Alan Dick & Co were happy to donate their old spec computer equipment to IT Schools Africa. Alan Dick & Co has an empathy with Africa as it is one of many regions where the company has offices, and it is reassuring to know that the IT equipment will be an invaluable gift to African school children.

Ian King, Branch Manager for Travis Perkins, Mead Park, Cheltenham:

We are eager to support IT Schools Africa wherever we can.

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To arrange a donation please call 01242 228800 What we need