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InterConnection ships refurbished computers to developing countries

InterConnection (Seattle, WA) is a nonprofit, founded in 1999 to develop and donate websites to nonprofits in developing countries, and has now has a core mission to deliver recycled low cost computers (and technology training) to underserved local and international communities.

Windows and Office can be provided in foreign languages. Recipient organizations must work in the areas of health, education and/or community development. Some of the past international shipments have included:

Iraq - 367 computers distributed to Kurdish schools.
Chile - 4,000 computers (ten ocean containers) to schools.
Belize - 420 computers to three high schools.
South Africa - 210 computers to a primary school.
Uganda - 400 computers and monitors for schools.
Guatemala - 210 computers to under-served communities.
Morocco - 420 computers for impoverished African students.
El Salvador - 20 computers for a computer lab connecting children from El Salvador with sponsors in the USA.
Uruguay - 201 computers donated to schools, orphanages and local Rotary clubs that serve local youth.
Zambia - 25 computers for primary school education, vocational training and adult literacy.
Paraguay - 15 computers to teach students computer skills.
Kenya - 55 computers for job training.
Romania - 38 computers for outreach training.
Honduras - 18 computers for basic computer education.
Mexico - 25 computers donated to schools.
Vietnam - 138 computers to Hanoi’s University of Technology.
Dominican Republic - 12 computers to Peace Corps for technology centers.
Cameroon - 18 computers for disadvantaged youth.
Fiji - 160 computers for three computer labs.
Swaziland - 100 computers and monitors for a local high school.
Brazil- 40 computers for the Masrour Institute of Technology.

Donations of computer equipment can be dropped off or picked up in the Seattle area, or can be mailed to Seattle from other areas of the USA. Computers that cannot be reused are recycled so that no parts end up in landfills.

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