Fwd: [CTTAB] FW: Donate Used Laptops for Earthquake Victims in Haiti

[Matt Towers]

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From: "Keyes, David" <David...@SEATTLE.GOV>

Date: January 15, 2010 7:11:59 AM PST

To: CT...@TALK2.SEATTLE.GOV

Subject: [CTTAB] FW: Donate Used Laptops for Earthquake Victims in Haiti

Reply-To: "Keyes, David" <David...@SEATTLE.GOV>

fyi, in case you can help.

- David
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From: Charles Brennick [bren...@interconnection.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:40 PM
To: in...@interconnection.org
Subject: Donate Used Laptops for Earthquake Victims in Haiti

Dear Friends,

I know you've received requests for computers from me before ..But we have struck a late breaking agreement with an NGO with operations in Haiti - World Concern - to help begin to rebuilding process ... Sending $10 or whatever you can now for emergency relief is critical ..but your old laptop will be critical as well later in the months to come and you can donate by mail (see below)

InterConnection and World Concern have partnered to send refurbished laptops to Haiti. Anyone can help by donating a working Pentium 3 or Pentium 4 laptop by mail, shipping costs will be covered. Equipment will be refurbished, equipped with French Microsoft Windows and Office, shipped to Haiti and deployed as communication hubs wherever they are needed the most.

Susan Talbot, with World Concern states," Imagine the loss of computers in this disaster. Schools, hospitals, NGOs would all have lost hard drives and laptops. They have no resources to replace these items. We work with orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers. We have five offices around Haiti having sustained unknown amounts of damage. Our capacity to respond to disasters relies on our capacity to communicate not only with each other but with donors and funders, sharing beneficiary stories."

World Concern is a humanitarian relief organization and their primary office in Port Au Prince was damaged by the earthquake and nearby buildings collapsed. Some of their staff are unaccounted for, yet they still are working to provide blankets, plastic sheeting and emergency supplies of water. www.worldconcern.org<http://www.worldconcern.org>

InterConnection.org is working with World Concern to help start the rebuilding process ... InterConnection will wipe the hard drives of donated laptops, test them, and install a French version of Windows and Office for use in Haiti. World Concern staff will bring the laptops with them on their flights to Haiti.

1) If you have an old laptop to give go to www.interconnection.org/haiti<http://www.interconnection.org/haiti>  - you just fill out the form, package your laptop and ship it from anywhere in the US, and if the laptop is new enough ( Pentium 3 or 4) shipping is free and a free label will be provided

2) If you don't have an old laptop to give -please forward this mail to your friends who might be able to help ..

The next stage will be rebuilding and these efforts now can help spur that process forward.

Thanks for your help and support

Charles

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Charles Brennick, Director
bren...@interconnection.org<mailto:bren...@interconnection.org>
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