A huge donation in kind arrived this week via DHL courtesy Vitalize Consulting Solutions – 13x Gateway Latops !! Absolutely unbelievable! A kind and very generous act if I may say so.
I was originally contacted about 6 weeks ago via email by Andy their IT Administrator after one of the Vitalize Consulting Solutions executives found my blog whilst surfing and must have read the Give-Away section. Several emails were exchanged and then on Monday this week… Bingo!! The local DHL courier turns up with three decent sized boxes…
(The 3 boxes delivered by DHL earlier this week)
(Couldn’t wait to unpack the contents… 13x Gateway Laptops)
To the management of Vitalize Consulting Solutions… the “huge-est” of thank you’s !!
I have not yet decided who these laptops will be given to but so far the tentative plan is to share them out as follows:
- 7x to be given to Goroka General Hospital
- 1x will go to Martin – a local blind man (1st PNG’ean blind person to graduate from a local University)
- 1x will be donated to the Chairperson of the recently established Keto-Tapasi Progress Association
- 1x to go to a local school.
- 1x seriously considering giving to my partner Eli.
- 2x as yet undecided.
Note: as each laptop is given out to individuals further stories, details and photos will be posted here.
As with all of Donations in Kind – I maintain a log/record of what is sent. To have a squizz at this record/log and other information on the wishlist/give-away gig you can click here.
Also, for photos of this Give-Away and other donations in kind you can click here.
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Are you going to load Ubuntu on them?
Is the Pope a catholic?
R
Wow!!!!
What an awesome donation! THANKYOU Vitalize Consulting Solutions.
I’m looking forward to following up on where these laptops end up and what lives they will change.
Unbelievable.
Stay tuned bro!!
R
That is great news. I too would like to hear about how these are used as I think it will be a very intereting story especially the one for Martin.
I will post updates as they come in.
So far – I have not done much – been fairly busy with other stuff.
Also, I am finding that some of batteries are stuffed. So will probably end up hanging on to a few (laptops) as spare parts. Either way – 6 will go the Hospital and the rest I will distribute accordingly.
So far one is earmarked for Martin (the blind fellow) and also one for my partner Eli.
R
Ah yes!
If there is anyone out there aware of any good software for blind folks that will run on Ubuntu – please let me know. I know of one Windows product called “Jaws” and will need to research equivalent for our mate Martin.
R
Really great to see this kind of donation. As Tavurvur said I too look forward to seeing how these are used. Great job vitalize consulting!
A quick note on these donations….
I have already given around 10 of these away but have yet to do a short write up on this blog. One of the laptops went to a blind guy called Martin – an amazing man and an inspiration to us all. Martin is the 1st blind person to graduate from a PNG University and is already competent at touch typing.
Stories and photos to follow shortly.
R