Who have we supplied PCs to?

Computer Aid International has supplied PCs to over 5,000 organisations in the developing world.

Listed below are just some of our developing world partners and projects:

• Computers for Schools Kenya
• World Links Zimbabwe
• World Links Rwanda
• British Council Cameroon
• Christian Relief Development Association, Ethiopia
• SchoolNet Malawi
• SchoolNet Mali
• Computer Education Trust, Swaziland
• Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria
• CIDA University, South Africa

Our work in developing countries is to identify those potential recipient organisations where the application of IT will have the most positive social and economic impact.

The digital divide that currently exists between the developed and developing countries is enormous. Latest World Bank research shows that there are 5 or less computers per 1,000 people in the vast majority of Sub-Saharan African countries. This figure is also applicable to the South Asian sub-continent.

The Community and Individual Development Association (CIDA) University was established in 1999 in South Africa. It's a registered non-profit higher education institution. It's the only university in South Africa to provide higher education that is affordable to gifted students from all sections of society.

Who benefits?

In sub-Saharan Africa only 3% of individuals (6% in South Africa source 1996 census) over the age of 20 have a post school educational qualification. CIDA develops future leaders and encourages them in a unique program to spread their knowledge to their home communities. In October 2001, CIDA students trained 300,000 students about AIDS and money management.

Computer Aid International has provided over 700 computers to CIDA in the last three years. CIDA and Computer Aid International are working in partnership to provide economically marginalised students with high quality low cost IT facilities.

The award winning Fantsuam Foundation was established as a community enterprise for the empowerment of women's clan groups in Kaduna State in Northern Nigeria.

Who benefits?

Most rural communities in Nigeria are made up of clans, and women in these clans, usually form themselves in a support group. When women-led groups act as gatekeepers to resources, this helps ensure that they are equitably distributed and reach those in greatest need in their communities - rather than reflecting and reinforcing existing societal power balances.

PCs help the womens groups manage and administer their projects and communicate with other NGOs active in the region. In partnership with Computer Aid International, the Fantsuam Foundation is establishing a low cost computer provision service to complement and enhance its existing capacity building services.