Looking to Donate Computers- Any help?

NB: Make sure that you delete *all* personal data before donating your old hardware; in fact, it's probably best to reformat hard-drive and reinstall software to be on the safe side.

There have been instances of shipments of old computers being donated, and their hard-drives examined to recover personal data -- such as bank details from online banking, credit card details from online shopping transactions -- in order to commit fraud.

It's a very worthwhile and commendable thing to do, providing that it's a useful piece of kit, and providing that you take security precautions regarding stored data before donating.

It really isn't worthwhile donating really very old equipment though, because modern software won't be able to run on it, and they will just have to dispose of the equipment in whichever country it ends up in. This *can* cause a problem in the recipient countries, because the computers contain components with harmful chemicals, and it can lead to toxic pollution problems relating to their disposal.

Don't just fob people off with useless rubbish. Rule of thumb: if you wouldn't pass it on to, say, a younger member of your family for use with their studies, or to a friend who can't afford to replace a computer, then it's unlikely to be of any use to anyone in a developing country either.

Great work...Keep it up...

I think the cost and effort of shipping & transporting it may cost almost same as the value of the product in the market. (old pcs cost really cheap)

There are so many people here (from asian & other nationality who could benefit from it) so may be you may not have to ship.

You could do the good work here.

When you are In your home country you could do the same thing there.

because if you ship these things then you would be spending more ...that is my opinion ...and you dont have to take it...but I would like you to think about it.

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HaShMi

Assalam O Alikum

Habibi

These are the contact details of ROTA

Email:

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Phone:

+974 480 0296

Address:

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P.O. Box 5825

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Its also good if you contact Bangladeshi school and provide them PC directly.

The point is that we can get grants from the goverment should I file for charity status.

I have been trying to reach RoTA regarding this problem of logistics and shipping!

I have a passion for helping people and for Computers.. so i thought, why not combine them both! :D

I will need help, but right now this I am at the planning stage.

If anyone is interested in helping out, I will be more than happy to arrange a meeting (a place with GOOD FOOD) to get this thing started. So, please email/call me if you want to get involved.

Don't let one man's dream become another's nightmare

HaShMi

Dear Google, thanks for recommending Zindagi Trust for this donation, but its too expensive to send it to Pakistan.Its better to find the needy people here in Doha. i am sure that a lot of people need our attention here. For example i find an old man collecting Cold drink canes in National area, i just asked him about his total earning , 5 to 6 QR a day. Could you beleive people are working whole day to just get their food.

We have to search out the needy students belongs to poor families. All living in Doha are not Rich or can afford the computer for their kids, so can contact with schools to find such

For Pakistan: http://www.zindagitrust.org

A trusted site thats doing a great job in Pakistan.

Good job momo. Its a noble cause and each one of us who is capable MUST donate. Small amounts add to big numbers and play a vital role in someone kid's survival.

I'm waiting for your email :-)

You can send it via my profile if couldn't the other way.

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Thanks Aisha for the support...

Well, if anyone else is in? Have any info regarding schools?

I am looking into the folg locations:

Nepal

Phillipines,

India,

Pakistan,

Indonesia

Srilanka

Yemen

Palestinian Territories

Lebanon

Jordan

So if anyone has any contact info, pleaase pleaase let me know!

Thanks :)

Well done brother Mohammed! I’m with you!!

We’ll see what we can do.

Let’s start a campaign!

Yaaay I’m soooo excited.

Allah Kareem :-)

Will contact you for sure!