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IT Schools Africa is a fully WEEE-compliant, UK registered charity that collects old computer equipment and distributes it to schools in Africa.

Appeal for computers for re-use in African schools

They are seeking donations of;

• Working desktop computers (P3, 800 MHz and above).
• Working P4 laptops with power adapters.
• Monitors (CRT and TFT) less than ten years old.
• Data projectors and screens.
• Keyboards, mice and power leads.
• Floppy drives, optical drives and hard drives.

We can take any number of PCs without charge - we only ask for a donation to cover transport costs. We are registered with the Environment Agency, and the service we provide includes secure data disposal.

Data Security

IT Schools Africa places the highest priority on data security. We ensure that all data left on donated machines is destroyed. Our procedure is as follows:

1. We remove all hard drives immediately on delivery to our warehouse.
2. We then place them on our wiping station, where we wipe them using dedicated, defence standard software (Killdisk™).
3. We inspect the sectors on each drive to ensure only random data remains.

There is a link to their website here, and you might like to view a video of the results of their work at http://tiny.cc/itsavideo_SchoolLessons.

If you are disposing of any IT equipment, now or in the future, we would be very grateful if you would consider donating it to IT Schools Africa.

For more information download the About IT Africa Document