Greetings everyone!
Well, I had a very interesting day recently, visiting the company -Tronox – who have agreed to donate a number of computers to us. It all came about following a discussion with my fellow Scunthorpe United fan, Sarah Dent – see our two most recent blogs on the subject: https://friendsofpakati.com/2024/08/18/great-news-2/ and https://friendsofpakati.com/2024/09/01/follow-up-to-great-news/
I arrived at the company’s base in North-East Lincolnshire around 1.15pm, & was met by Sarah, her colleagues Alice & Mike. After a short induction, with my visitor’s badge, they accompanied me to the store-room where they keep computers which the company no longer use for various reasons.
Mike explained that usually they are given to other companies or charities, either to be destroyed or wiped clean for re-use in local schools, but Sarah’s intervention means they are happy to release what they can to us at Friends of Pakati. They will first wipe all sensitive data currently held, then install a new operating system for us, before downloading some free software for Pakati students to use/learn about.
I was informed that they can have 20 desktop computers ready within a couple of weeks, complete with monitors, keyboards & mice (mouses?). In addition, all relevant cables will be there, along with a network block to link several computers together.
They can also pack the whole lot together onto a pallet, & I am contacting the same shipping company to find out how much the transport will cost, including collection from North-East Lincolnshire to Leicester where the shipping company is based.
I have some additional items I can add to the package, such as t-shirts & maybe some football shirts too if it can be arranged in time.
All of this should be delivered to my contact in Harare, just in time for Friends of Pakati to deliver them in person to the schools in October…
…so hopefully both the Primary & Secondary schools at Pakati will be able to teach IT formally, especially at the IT suite recently completed at Pakati Secondary school!
If you can help us with funds that would be great, as the cost of shipping them out at a rough guess to be somewhere between £1200-1500. We currently have £764 in the bank account I use for Friends of Pakati. http://paypal.me/friendsofpakati or http://gofundme.com/friends-of-pakati
Thank you!
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