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NGO donates computers to Ghanaian
Schools
Accra, March 17, GNA–Government’s effort to revamp the
educational sector received a boost with the provision of
over four hundred computers and accessories to some schools
across the country to facilitate teaching and learning.
The computers, donated by a
United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation, Collect
and Recycle Ecologically, (CARE) was to enhance education in
the country, Mr Jibreal K. Hagan, a Director of CARE told
the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Friday.
He noted that the idea to support developing countries with
computers was conceived by his daughter, Phoebe, who had it
difficult in communicating via the internet with her cousins
in Ghana.
He said the two worked earnestly for the past four years to
solicit computers from schools, companies and individuals
who gave off their redundant ICT tools freely in the UK to
support the vision.
Mr. Hagan said so far he has had over thousand computers and
accessories dump in his garage to be distributed to schools
in Ghana.
He said information on the first tranche of over hundred
were wiped off using the Ministry of Defence standard IBM
security Data Disposal to avoid internet fraud and siphoning
of other donors personal information.
Mr Hagan noted that due to global warming and green house
effect which often came about as a result of the emission of
toxic gas into the air, CARE computers would soon set up,
learn, repair and recycle through sound environmental roots
centres in schools to control this problem.
“I have set up a service and distribution centre in Accra,
with qualified personal to man the distribution and repair
of computers”.
He assured schools who have not yet received theirs to be
patients and cautioned heads of the various schools to use
the computers for the intended purpose.
Mr. Hagan lauded the support by the Ministry of Education
and the Custom Excise and Preventive Service for helping to
select the needy schools and tax exemption respectively.
Phoebe Hagan, founder of CARE, called on Ghanaian schools to
sign up with the NGO to help them benefit from the
initiative.
GNA
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