[CoLoCo] Laptops for Africa

[David Overcash]

Do you know approximately how much it weighs?  Weight is the reason that I
am looking for laptops this time around...  (Chris can't take that much with
him when he goes over, only about 140 Lbs + Carry On...)  They can purchase
a monitor in the country for about 70,000 Shillings (about 50 dollars) and
would still find it very useful.

Eventually this project will develop into using primarily desktops, unless
there is ample funding for something of the OLPC variety.

-David

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:04 AM, siblog <tehsiblog at gmail.com> wrote:

> While I don't have any old laptops to spare I do have an old Desktop that I
> would be willing to donate. It is an older Pentium II or III (can't
> remember) but I know I have loaded older versions of Ubuntu on it. It isn't
> the fastest machine but it might help nonetheless. I don't know if you/they
> would be interested but I thought I would offer
>
> -Simon
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:34 AM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Guys,
>> So as some of you know, I spent a month in Africa this summer visiting
>> orphanages and spending time with kids in their schools.  My main goal was
>> to develop guidelines and find the big problems with creating a non-profit
>> organization to build and support computer labs in developing countries.
>> One of the problems I encountered was ensuring that computers that were
>> donated would be put to good use, rather than being sold just for the money;
>> while I don't have a great solution to this issue yet, I did find one
>> orphanage run by a couple of Americans and a very trustworthy Ugandan that
>> needs a few computers to help the boys that live there begin to learn more
>> efficiently.
>>
>> Chris West (one of the Americans) is in the United States right now
>> raising more money for the orphanage, and he asked me very honestly if I
>> could donate any computers to him for the orphanage.  I have one old laptop
>> that I am going to outfit with Linux and send to him, but he could use a few
>> more.  I know it's a longshot, but if any of you have old laptops that you
>> would like to donate (or maybe sell to me very cheap?) it would be
>> appreciated so much.  I see this as my first venture into the world of
>> non-profits, and know that it could greatly influence how I move further.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I have not registered as a 501c3, so your donation cannot
>> be tax-deductable.  However, I have taken some great pictures of the boys at
>> this orphanage while I was over there and would love to send you an 8x10
>> that you could frame.  Sometimes it helps to see who it is that you are
>> helping.  : )
>>
>> So that's my request.  Thank you so much for your patience in reading this
>> guys, I know that it doesn't necessarily connect with the purpose of the
>> mailing list, but if there is one thing I learned about Ubuntu enthusiasts
>> (especially on this team), is that they are largely interested in helping
>> those who cannot afford or use computers otherwise.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> David Overcash
>>
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