From Solihull to Zambia
From Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Councillor Norman Davies on 22 July 2010
Solihull Council has presented Kingshurst Academy with six reconditioned laptops which will be sent on to help students at the Mungu Basic School in the Kafue District, Zambia.
Kingshurst has a long-standing relationship with the African school, with Kingshurst students having raised enough money over six years for new classrooms to be built there.
Up until now the school did not have any computers to plug into their new classrooms – other than an eight-year-old machine in the headmaster’s office.
The six laptops, which would have otherwise been recycled by the Council as they’re no longer suitable for corporate use, have now been reconditioned and will be going to their new home in Zambia.
Clive Adams, post 16 media & community links co-ordinator for Kingshurst Academy, said: “It’s great to think that these laptops are not going to be assigned to history, but in fact, will serve a vital role in enabling children thousands of miles away in Zambia to learn IT skills that most of us take for granted.”
Councillor Norman Davies, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, who presented Kingshurst Academy with the laptops on Thursday (22 July) said: “I’m very pleased to say that we’ve been able to help Kingshurst Academy find these laptops and it’s wonderful that something we no longer need will change the lives of so many students in Zambia.”
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