Computers Without Borders

02/25/2016

During a recent trip to Ecuador, Computers without Borders discovered a hidden gem in Canoa. We found that the school the James Dean Foundation (see below) supports URGENTLY needs computers! Due to the cost of shipping desktop PCs, we are rounding up as many laptops as we can and sending them to Ecuador with visitors. Anyone visiting Ecuador can bring along up to two laptops with no import taxes. If you -- or your business- have any used computers to donate, please let us know. And please contact us if you know anyone who will be traveling to Ecuador this year. Please help us try to do something great! Thanks!

Please check the EFE Backpack Project started by Bernice Cordero to support the school. Bernice lives in Houston and has been a long supporter of our project. Click here EFE to find out more ...

03/13/2014

Help us if you can! We have had a surprisingly hard time getting the opportunity to speak to the "wizards" at companies (large and small) throughout the USA to find out what they do with their office computers after the 2 or 3 year warranty expires. We know that some companies lease, some have relationships with PC companies like Hewlett-Packard, and others work with big e-recyclers. But I KNOW that many companies either have no plan, let used PCs collect in closets, and some even destroy them because they are worried about data security. We can assuage all these concerns-- we just need to get behind the curtain to speak with the Wizard of Oz! If you work at a company (or agency) YOU can probably obtain the name and phone number of the person we can call and speak with about the mission of CWB! Please help us out and let us know WHO the wizard is at your place of business! We appreciate any help we can get! Thanks very much. The Scarecrow

03/02/2014

March has started out beautifully for Computers without Borders! Here is a shout out to Mr. Mike Plantan of Richfield, Minnesota who donated FIVE used dual core desktop PCs to our noble cause! Let's hope we get THOUSANDS more donated in 2014 so we can further the education of thousands of needy students!

02/27/2014

Our friends at KEEPOD UNITE pulled off a $20,000 miracle this week and are now within $7000 of reaching their fundraising goal! Please share this e-mail with everyone you know in case some "sugar daddys" and "sugar mommas" can help them out-- only a few days to go! They have a wonderful mission!!

Keepod, a new approach to bridge the Digital Divide and provide Personal Computing to 5 Billion people all over the World.

02/20/2014

Whether you're selling your computer, trying a new operating system, or setting up an external drive for backups, sometimes you need to completely erase and format a hard drive. Here are the basic steps involved.

02/19/2014

Read below about an amazing device which will multiply the benefits we can provide with each refurbished computer we send to poor schools! The Keepod is am amazing piece of technology which resolves hard drive, software, and other problems incident to computer reuse. Check out the Keepod Indiegogo campaign and help them achieve their goal!

We’ve told you before about Israeli company Keepod, which enables you to carry your desktop anywhere on a simple USB flash drive . Now, the company has directed its technology towards a noble cause – helping the billions of people worldwide who have no access to a personal computer. The company is r...

02/14/2014

Computers without Borders in Ecuador! In February, once again with the help of our friend Kary Vannice, our Quick Start program opened a portal into Ecuador! We donated a computer system to an indigenous university near Riobamba in central Ecuador. The institute is dedicated to preserving the indigenous way of life with a goal of balancing traditional practices with modern technology and science. We are looking forward to establishing a partnership with COMPAS- an international program working in ten countries-- which is affiliated with the institute and many others.

02/02/2014

You may reach the internet via newfangled wireless connection most of the time, but all those ones and zeros cross the oceans the same way old-fashioned telephone connections did: by undersea cables. The map masters at TeleGeography have charted the course the internet takes to cross the seas in 201...

01/12/2014

Give us your tired, your virus-clogged, your slow used computers.
Your outmoded models yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of our teeming abundance.
Send these, the weary, imperfect, older models to Computers without Borders and we will safely wipe, repair and send to impoverished students in the developing world who will love and appreciate them: "We lift [our] lamp beside the golden door."

―Paraphrase of the famous quote on the Statue of Liberty.


REMEMBER: THE BEST WAY TO RECYCLE IS TO RE-USE!

01/04/2014

The New Year is starting out with a bang for CWB! Here is a shout out to our friend Janna Collins and her colleagues at Bethel University for helping us out with a donation of five Dell desktops and three Dell laptops to get the ball rolling! Thanks again friends of CWB! If anyone else can come up with additional used PCs please let us know! We appreciate all the help we can get!!

12/17/2013

Neat little article about CWB's recent installation in Mexico!

The Eye in coordination with 'Computers Without Borders' out of Minneapolis, Minnesota donated a computer to the elementary school in Zimatan, a community located 25 minutes from Huatulco's Hotel district, Tangolunda. The computer was transported from the US by Kary Vannice who worked with Ron Bergl...

12/10/2013

We are going to have to nominate Kevin Hart for an Oscar for best performance for an actor! We also need to ask him to be a spokesperson for CWB! He is "giving back" in his home town!

PHILADELPHIA -- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Actor and comedian Kevin Hart donated 500 computers to schools and recreation centers in his hometown of Philadelphia, a move that he hopes will inspire others to follow his lead. "I am blessed to be in a position that allows me to give back to the city that made…