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In ZambiaThe scheme is administered by 'Computers for Zambian Schools' (CFZS), a registered trust, set up locally, comprising interested educational and IT specialists, along with representatives from the British Council, Ministry of Education and the Beit Trust. The CFZS trust works closely with the Zambian Ministry of Education and with SchoolNet Zambia . The British Council facilitate the reception of the equipment free of import duty and they, the British High Commission and the Beit Trust have provided support grants to the project. Sustainability of the scheme locally is achieved by offering a small percentage (10%) of the donated computers for sale to NGO's and other non-profit organisations at an affordable price. CFZS have had two UK volunteer placements in the last two years, currently sponsored by VSO, assisting in the development of the scheme. The trust employ a task force team of locally recruited technicians who take receipt of the computers, check them out and if necessary carry out any repair work at the project centre currently based at Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka . The task force then install the computers in the schools. By agreement with Microsoft ( Africa ), the computers are fitted with Microsoft OS and MSOffice suite . End of life computers and parts are disposed of through a recycler in South Africa .
Information on the scheme in Zambia is shown on the Computers for Zambian Schools website and a list of recipient schools is shown on our Zambian schools page. |
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