Annual Report - Computer Aid International

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Bringing solar powered ICT to the community in Macha, Zambia
zubabox Across many rural areas in Africa and Latin America, there is no access to mains electricity. Innovative, sustainable and cost effective solutions are required to enable access to ICT and the associated educational, health and economic development benefits. The ZubaBox, a solar powered cyber cafe containing 11 individual monitors running off a single base unit, is one such solution. The ZubaBox’s six roof-mounted solar panels provide 18 hours of electricity every day for their 25 year life-span. This makes the ZubaBox both environmentally friendly and sustainable. Because it is powered by solar, the ZubaBox can be deployed anywhere in the world, enabling the provision of ICT to the most rural areas on the planet. The ZubaBox can be used by the entire community. Students can gain vital ICT skills, teachers can access online learning resources and doctors and nurses can benefit from web-based training and order essential medicines online. Furthermore, the ZubaBox can strenghten the local economy as farmers and entrepreneurs can grow their businesses by sharing knowledge, learning new techniques and taking their produce to new markets. Following the success of three pilot projects, <strong>Computer</strong> <strong>Aid</strong> is now looking for corporate sponsorship so that more ZubaBoxes can be provided to rural areas in need of ICT. Sponsoring a ZubaBox means companies can be involved in an innovative CSR initiative and create tangible benefits to an entire community.
Page 1 and 2: Annual Report 2010 / 2011
Page 3 and 4: Chair’s introduction Computer Aid
Page 5 and 6: Information and Communications Tech
Page 7 and 8: Education The prohibitive cost of I
Page 9 and 10: School children in Ecuador access I
Page 11 and 12: Training teachers in Ghana Ghana ha
Page 13 and 14: ICT and health in East Africa Acros
Page 15 and 16: ICT and agriculture In Ethiopia, 95
Page 17 and 18: ICT and the environment While reusi
Page 19: Computer Aid relies on the support
Page 23 and 24: Challenge events Computer Aid runs
Page 25 and 26: Thank you to our volunteers! While
Page 27 and 28: Financial statement The past year h

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