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    or contact us for further details.

    Task Force at Matero, Zambia

    We need the following:

    Equipment can be delivered to either ITSA in Cheltenham or Byte back in Bristol.

    If you are in the Reading area please e-mail or ring Barry Haley , who is based in Mortimer, on (barry@cfas.org.uk or 0118 9332229)

    If you are in the Cheltenham area please contact our partners, IT Schools Africa on 01242 228800 or e-mail info@itschoolsafrica.org. Their address is: Unit 9A, Mead Road Industrial Estate, Mead Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7EF.

    If you are in the Bristol area contact Byte Back Computer Recycling, Tel: 0117 3706456 or 07919595612, e-mail bytebackcomputerrecycling@gmail.com. Their address is The Lamp, Lampton Avenue, Hartcliffe, Bristol BS13 0PT.

    If it is inconvenient to deliver to Hartcliffe you can deliver small quantities to Andrew Gulland at 12 Glentworth Road, Redland, BS6 7EG. Tel: 0117 9248549 or email cfasuk@aol.com.

    If you are elsewhere Parcel2go offer a service by which parcels up to 25kg/4 cubic feet can be sent to ITSA Cheltenham for £9.99 plus VAT. Parcel2go can best be contacted through its web site http://ww w.parcel2go.com/ .

    Otherwise we suggest you contact ComputerAid International on 020 72810091 or consult you local authority for advice.

    Computers and accessories:
    Minimum Spec. working IBM-compatible Pentium 3 or equivalent base units Working monitors, (but not independent of base unit)
    Keyboards Mice
    Kettle type power cables Laser printers
    Modems Network cards
    CAT 5 cables Hubs
    Switches Web cams
    Scanners Digital cameras

    Educational tools:
    Educational CD ROMS (e.g. encyclopaedias and atlases)
    CAD equipment

    Money:
    Please help us to cover our handling, transport and in-country costs:

    or contact us for further details.

    Any donation will be most welcome but below are the costs of some of our activities:

    • Sponsor a computer - To process and place a single computer in a school in Africa costs about £40.
    • Sponsor a school - To equip a school with an e-learning laboratory of 10 PCs and a networked printer costs about £450.
    • Sponsor a Community Project - to process and send a full shipment of at least 200 computers and printers and set them up in a group of schools costs about £9,000.

    Volunteers:
    Particularly in Bristol and Cheltenham, to help with computer pick-ups, packing and other tasks. Please contact us for further information.

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