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Old computers can help poor



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A GHANIAN man living in Edinburgh is launching a new charity to tackle poverty among young people in his country of birth.
Zak Abdulai, a 38-year-old web developer, is appealing to people to donate old computers and IT equipment to help children's education, which will then be refurbished.

The charity will be officially launched at the Mansfield Traquair Centre tomorrow at 7pm.





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  • Last Updated: 01 May 2008 9:43 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Technology
 
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Mallory,

Edinburgh 01/05/2008 13:41:52
Typing 'Computer recycling charity UK' into Google shows over a million references already to re-cycling opportunities in the UK. The major problem with re-using older computers is that Microsoft and Adobe software costs along with frieght charges are so high. Too many folk fail to realise that most open source software (Linux, Firefox, Thunderbird etc) requires far fewer resources than Windows to do the job.



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Andrew,

01/05/2008 22:13:11
How do you "refurbish children's education"?

 

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