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THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN YOUTH WILL BENEFIT FROM LLOYD’S SUPPORT
Digital Links, in partnership with Lloyd’s and The Commonwealth Youth Peace and Development Mission (CYPADEM) Nigeria, has provided disabled youth in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa an incredible opportunity to overcome significant challenges through the exploitation of ICT in education and other daily activities.
Articles Reussir - DIGITAL LINKS : « Pour une réduction de la fracture numérique »
REUSSIR - Pour réduire la facture numérique et intégrer tous les citoyens sénégalais dans le monde du numérique, l’ONG britannique Digital Links a procédé le 16 septembre à l’hôtel Terrou-Bi à la remise symbolique d’ordinateurs portables aux récipiendaires des mains de sa directrice Mme Aissatou Sow. Qui a aussi profité de cette occasion pour lancer à son public cible la venue de 3000 laptops au prix très abordable de 270 000 FCFA.
30,000 Notebooks for Zambian Teachers
“Simply sending computers to Africa is not enough.” This is the maxim of Digital Links, a social enterprise situated in London and Johannesburg. Based on a sound partnership model with governments and international corporations such as Barclays, BUPA, Cadbury’s, DFID, DHL, Lloyd’s, Nestle UK, Reuters, RM, and DELL, Digital Links wants to set up an efficient infrastructure, provide on-going support and maintenance, as well as access to eLearning tools, connectivity, and training in several African countries. Currently, a large-scale teachers’ endowment project is taking place in Zambia, the host country of eLearning Africa 2010.
3000 LAPTOPS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ACROSS SENEGAL
Digital Links kick-starts the Digital_Loan scheme in Senegal with the 1 student / 1 laptop initiative.
PC partnership significantly contributes to 10 fold increase in ICT access for Moldova’s health care workers
Digital Links, in partnership with Bupa, has provided 2,000 computers to health and community programmes across Moldova
New scheme stops e-waste being dumped on developing countries
Digital Links and Co-operative Financial Services urge UK companies to take responsibility for donated computers
Digital Links helps sponsor Sustainable Development 2009 to promote responsible and ehtical government ICT disposal strategies
Digital Links participated in the high-level forum of government officials and sustainable development decision-makers to urge the reuse of redundant IT equipment wherever possible.
Press Release - 15th January 2009
e-Learning Foundation & Digital Links Team To Help Provide Children In Africa With A Digital Future. Recycled computers help to transform lives through technology
Digital Links visit E.ON
Digital Links have an ongoing partnership with leading IT asset management company Tier 1, who specialise in both generating large revenue returns from laptops and high-end equipment, and boosting valuable CSR activity for their clients.
£70,000 Raised for New PCs
RDC work closely with Digital Links on the Digital Pipeline initiative (a Microsoft initiative to supply free refurbished computers to the developing world, with all refurbishment costs paid for by the computer donor). RDC have a strong commitment to responsible business practices and have run various initiatives that support their principles (such as a free recycling day for people with computers in their local area).
Improving Science Education in Uganda
UK’s old PCs persuade girls in Uganda to stop shunning Science
Bridge - The Digital Divide
Digital Links has commissioned an incredible and unique sculpture – a large digital bridge, for display in the atriums of donors and supporters. The sculpture took up most of the space took up most of the space in the Reuters Client Lounge for a month, is now at Computacentre, and will move on to Microsoft and E.ON in the future.
Digital Links Welcomes New CEO
Dr Gillian Marcelle joined Digital Links on 10th January 2008. Gillian has 20 years experience in development, with a particular focus on harnessing the potential of technologies, and so was the ideal choice to take forward the work of Digital Links.
Press Release - 13 August 2007
Europe’s largest charity providing computers to African schools launches in South Africa. Digital Links International - Transforming South Africa’s schools for as little as $3 per child.
Press Release - 20 April 2007
Software for £1.50 – Computers for £50. Charity says: Affordable computing for the developing world could become a reality.
Press Release - 16 April 2007
New “environmental” WEEE Directive may actually harm environment and damage the educational opportunities of African schoolchildren
Press Release - 3 April 2007
Bad Apples? - Greenpeace names and shames the electronics firms with the worst environmental record - technology charity Digital Links responds
Press Release - 27th November 2006
£25,000 Donation Enables Computerisation of Hospitals in Europe’s Poorest Country
