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Since March 2003 InterConnection has sourced and shipped over 10,000 computers and monitors to organizations around the world.

20 Computers and 20 Laptops to Consejo Dominicano del Café, Dominican Republic
Shipment arranged by Peace Corps volunteer David Mayo. Computers shipped to coffee producers group, Consejo Dominicano del Café. Computers were use for a computer lab that holds computer skills classes for the management, the members, the members' families, and the local community.

400 to Schools in El Salvador
Computer shipment arranged by Peace Corps volunteer Judy Peltomaa. Shipping donated by the Deparment of Defense, Funded Transportation Program.

200 to Schools in Belize
Independence High School in southern Belize received 200 computers and monitors from InterConnection. Computers were used to set up three computer labs at the school.

200 to Ministry of Youth Affairs, Kenya
Computer shipment funded by Microsoft Community Affairs. Ministry of Youth Affairs will distribute computers to various schools in Nairobi.

10 laptops to Namibia Catholic Health Services
Laptop shipment arranged by Peace Corps volunteer Kami Lee. Laptops will be used to teach HIV education. Read complete story.

26 to Computer Lab in Dominican Republic
Peace Corps volunteers Megan Drake and Courtney Briar faciliated a computer shipment to Manabao. Computers were used for a training lab.

40 to Schools in Rwanda
Computer shipment was funded by ARC International. Computers will be provided to schools in Rwanda.

5 to Schools Ecuador
Computer shipment was funded by Essential Living Foods and donated to a school in Atacame, Ecuador.

4,000 Computers to Schools in Chile, March to September 2007
Children in Chile are benefiting from greater access to technology and the Internet after receiving 4,000 computers sent by InterConnection. The computers were initially sent to the Chilean non profit Fundacion Todo Chilenter. Chilenter is distributing the computers to schools throughout Chile.

Chilenter selected InterConnection for their ability to provide quality, refurbished computers at minimal costs. This significant accomplishment took six months, ten ocean containers, and numerous volunteers in Seattle who helped with testing and preparing the computers.

80 to New World Villages, Belize 2007
Mal and Elaine Moran received funds from Rotary to ship 80 Pentium 4 computers. Computers were used to set up labs at St. Peter Anglican Primary School in Orange Walk, St. Matthew Anglican Primary School, Julian Cho Technical Secondary School and the Little Flower Roman Catholic Primary School.

420 to The Rotary Club of San Ignacio, Belize, 2007
Andre Lopez with Rotary Belize arranged for a donation of 420 computers to three high schools in the San Ignacio district of Belize.

210 to Makhoarane Primary School, South Africa, 2007
Sefrioui-Badissy Foundation arranged for a donation of 210 computers to the Makhoarane Primary School in South Africa.

400 Computers and monitors for Computers for Schools, Uganda, March 2007
Computers will be distributed to schools in Kampala, Uganda.

180 Computers and Monitors to Toledo Development Corporation, March 2007
Computers provided to Toledo District Education Center for Employment Training. Shipment arranged by Peace Corps volunteer Tim Dami.

210 Fundación el Camino, Guatemala, December 2006
Computers will be used to provide quality training and access to the latest technology to under-served communities in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.

420 Sefrioui-Badissy Foundation, Morocco, December 2006
Sefrioui-Badissy Foundation (SBF) is a public, non-profit organization dedicated to providing technology access and community-based training to impoverished African students – giving them the knowledge and tools necessary for participation in the global market and improving their lives.

18 Toledo Development Corporation, Belize, December 2006
Shipment arranged by Peace Corps volunteer Tim Dami for two schools to improve Primary School Exam scores.

20 Connect Education, El Salvador, October 2006
Computers will be used to establish a computer lab that will be the basis for the technological connection between children in El Salvador and sponsors in the United States.

440 Fundación Todo Chilenter, Chile, October 2006
Chilenter works to bridge the digital divide in Chile by providing information and communication resources to underserved communities.

201 Computers for the World, Montevideo, Uruguay, April 2006
35 computers donated to several schools and orphanages at selected locations in Montevideo, Uruguay. The remaining computers donated to Uruguay Rotary District 4980 for redistribution to other local Rotary clubs that serve areas surrounding Montevideo and the eastern countryside. Approximately 2000 youth will benefit from this project.

25 World Vision, Zambia, October 2006
Computers will be used to complement primary school education and vocational training for youth and adult literacy in a community learning center in Kabaleka Village in Zambia.

15 Computers to Yalve Sanga Indigenous High School of ASCIM (Asociación de Servicios de Cooperación Indígena Mennonita), Paraguay, June 2006 
Computers will be used to teach 110 indigenous students computer skills.  See www.ascim.org

 
9 Computers to Asociación de Consumidores del Barrio San Miguel de San Lorenzo (ACUSAMLO), Paraguay, June 2006
Computers will be used to teach consumer awareness and administration support.

 
9 Computers to Fundación FUNDAR, Paraguay, May 2006
Computers will be used to teach children the following courses: Social Action, Accounting, Business, office managment, public relations and server and computer maintenance.

 
8 Computers to Fundación Ko’embota, Paraguay, May 2006
Computers will be used to teach impoverished families computer skills and Internet use skills.

81 Computers to Non Profits in South Africa, April 2006
Computers will be provided to SOS Children’s Home Pietermaritzburg, SOS Children’s Home Cape Town, Tokologo Centre for the Disabled, Philani Community Development Centre, and Emndeni Digital Village. Computers donated by Microsoft in support of the company's Unlimited Potential Program

55 Computers to Nyanza Province Community Technology Learning Centers, Kenya, March 2006
Computers will enhance livelihoods of the community of Siaya District of Nyanza Province through ICT training. The project will create 8 Community Technology Learning Centres to benefit 12000 community members in the next three years. Computers donated by Microsoft in support of the company's Unlimited Potential Program

38 Computers to Center for Lifelong Learning, Romania, March 2006
Computers will support Center for Lifelong Learning Romania a non-profit organization that currently develops an outreach training program for three underserved communities in Western Romania. Computers donated by Microsoft in support of the company's Unlimited Potential Program

18 Computers to Peace Corps Honduras, March 2006
The computers will be used for basic computer education for the Villa de San Francisco school community. Students will be taught software programs and keyboarding skills. Donation facilitated by Peace Corps Volunteer Lucas Wolf
10 Computers to Youth Information and Counseling Center of Slovenia (MISSS), February 2006 Computers will support MISSS a non-profit non-governmental organization that develops information & counseling, general and specific community prevention programs for young people that supplement each other and create the network of psychosocial prevention. Computers donated by Microsoft in support of the company's Unlimited Potential Program

25 Computers to Seattle Mazatlan Sister City Association, Mexico, February 2006
Computers were donated to schools in the city Mazatlan buy the Seattle Mazatlan Sister City Association. Sister City members brought the computers with them, on their plan flight, when they traveled to Mexico.

138 Computers Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam, January 2006
Computers provided to the Center for Research and Consulting on Management, a non profit organization belonging to Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam. Computers donated by Microsoft in support of the company's Unlimited Potential Program

50 World Vision Chile, January 2006
Computers will be used to establish computer centers, in order to assist children with homework and to aid the adult members of the community who wish to use computers for work purposes.

12 Computers to Peace Corps Dominican Republic, January 2006
Computers will be used for technology centers at several bateys, or villages, in the region. Donation facilitated by Peace Corps volunteer Andrea Pestone

216 Pentium 3 Computers to Morocco Schools, January 2006
Computers will be used to establish computer labs at high schools throughout Morocco.

10 Computers to Louisiana State University Students, September 2005
LSU students displaced by Hurricane Katrina received 10 donated computers. The students transferred to University of Washington after the storm to finish their studies. The donation was facilitated by the University of Washington.

12 Computers Donated to Katrina’s Victims, September 2005
InterConnection donated 12 high end computers to the Louisiana Library System so evacuees can get online and file FEMA applications and search for loved ones.

18 Computers to United Action Children, Cameroon, September 2005
UAC is a caring organization for children and youths. They provide affordable quality education to the children and disadvantaged youths of Buea, Cameroon. Computers will be used to a computer center for youth.

2 Computers to Natural Land Trust, Paraguay - October 7, 2005
Two computers were donated to Natural Land Trust in Paraguay to support their Voluntarios en Accion program.

18 Computers to Schools in Mozambique - October 1, 2005
Eighteen computers were sent to Maputo, Mozambique to school for street children. The computer donation was facilitated by Peace Corps volunteer Jay Gibson.

20 Computers to PAIDEIA, Paraguay September 1, 2005
Twenty computers were donated to the Paraguayan non profit PAIDEIA. The computers will be used for PAIDEIA's Web Escuela (School Web) program which is creating community telecenters in Paraguay.

20 Computers to Peace Corps, Guinea - July 25, 2005
Twenty computers were shipped to Guinea, Africa. The computer donation was facilitated by Peace Corps volunteer Carrie Mitchell

15 Computers to Connect Education International, El Salvador July, 16, 2005
Fifteen computers were sent to El Salvador for Connect Education International. Computers will be used to establish a computer lab that will be the basis for the technological connection between children in El Salvador and sponsors in the United States.

22 Computers to Samoa College, Peace Corps South Pacific July 06, 2005 Twenty-two computers were provided to Samoa College in Samoa, South Pacific. There computers will be used to further develop a computer lab that provides computer education for approximately 800 students. The donation was facilitated by Peace Corps ICT volunteer Michael Lee.

160 Computers for Fiji Schools - June 2005
Students from Ballard High will travel to Fiji to set up three computer labs at schools.  The students are members of Computers for the World, a program that provides computer technology to schools around the world.  160 computers were sent to Fiji.  The computers were packaged and shipped from InterConnection Computer Reuse and Learning Center.

20 Computer for Peace Corps Paraguay and Network for Human Development of Paraguay - April 5, 2005
50 computers and monitors were sent to Asuncion, Paraguay. The computer sets will be distributed by Peace Corps volunteers to schools and non governmental organizations.  Five computers will be received by the Network for Human Development of Paraguay (REPADEH), a non profit chaired by First Lady of Paraguay Gloria Penayo de Duarte.

School recipients include:
- Centro Educativo San Fransisco de Asis - 2 computers
- Escuela Basica Arroyo Claro - 1 computer
- Colegio Arroyo Claro - 1 computer
- Escuela Basica "La Esperanza" - 1 computer
- Colegio Nac. Gral. Alcibiades Ibanez Rojas - 1 computer
- Apoyo Comunitario a la Familia e Infancia (ACFI) - 5 computers
- Fundacion Ko'embota - 8 computer

367 Computer for Iraq Schools - March 23, 2005
A 40' shipping container was filled with refurbished computers, monitors, printers and network equipment.  The computer donation was sponsored by Kairos International, an international development organization working in northern Iraq.  The computers will be distributed by the Kurdish Minister of Education to Kurdish schools.

225 Computers for Microsoft's Community Technology Learning Centers - F February 23, 2005
InterConnection shipped 90 computers and monitors to Fundación El Encuentro en Santiago, Chile and 135 computers and monitors to Shop24 Technology in Xizhi City, Taiwan.  Both organizations are Microsoft accredited Community Technology Learning Centers.  InterConnection partnered with Microsoft to prepare and ship computers for Microsoft's CTLC program.

Computers sent to Swaziland - Jan 12, 2005
The Setsembiso Sebunye High School in Swaziland received 100 computers and monitors thanks to the Mona Foundation. Computer technology will be used as an instructional tool integrated into the curriculum in a creative manner. Students will develop skills in the use of basic computer hardware and software, communication and information technologies, and various specialized applications in order to increase employment opportunities.

10 Computers sent to Panama - Jan 12, 2005
The Mona Foundation sponsored a computer shipment to Badi School in San Miguelito, Panama. The computers will be used for a new technology center. The center will broaden its financial base, as well as provide graduates with the skills that will allow them to contribute to, and participate fully in, the economic, cultural, and technological transformation of their country.

40 Computers sent to Brazil - Dec 15, 2004
40 computers and monitors were prepared for the Mona Foundation who will ship them to the Association for the Cohesive Development of the Amazon (ADCAM) in Brazil. The computers will be used for the Masrour Institute of Technology. The Institute will also provide higher educational opportunities for the students of the ADCAM Project.

225 Computers for Alter Vida, Paraguay - Nov 10, 2004
225 computers and monitors were shipped to the non profit Alter Vida in Paraguay. The computers will be used to support the Local Development Alliance Program. The initiative works to strengthen different sectors of society and advance democracy in Paraguay by improving the services provided by the local governments which elevate the quality of life of the local communities and improve the local government infrastructure. Computers will be donated to municipalities where they will be used to connect government offices to the Internet. Local community members will have access to the computers as well. The initiative is funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

40 Computers sent to Tanzania - Nov. 4, 2004
40 computers and monitors were prepared for the Mona Foundation who will ship them to Tanzania. The computers will be sent to the Ruaha Secondary School and used in a new computer lab serving 560 students.

26 Computers for Partners in Micro Development, Sri Lanka - Sept, 2004
26 Computers and monitors were shipped to the non profit Partners in Micro Development in Sri Lanka. The shipment was carried out for World Computer Exchange. Partners In Micro-Development Inc. is an association of volunteer professionals from the education and ICT sectors, who are highly motivated and committed to improving access to education and ICT in developing countries and communities through e-development.

430 Computers Sent to India - July 2004
InterConnection continues to support World Computer Exchange's efforts to bridge the digital divide and provide donated computers to schools in developing countries. On July 1, 2004 InterConnection staff and volunteers prepared and loaded 430 Pentium computers into a 40' shipping container that was sent to Gujarat state in India. The computers will be used for a group of about 30 schools with over 10,000 students founded on the principals of Gandhi in Palitana, Gujarat state in India.

Ecuador Shipment - Jan. 7, 2004
WCE Seattle sent 410 used Pentium computers and monitors to Ecuador to connect 50 schools in villages supported by 25 United States Peace Corps Volunteers. The computers will provide free access to the Internet for 6,200 students.

Bangladesh - Dec 3, 2003
WCE Seattle shipped a 20-foot container of 230 Pentiums and 80 extra hard drives to Bangladesh to Presidency university - connecting 25 schools with 5,250 youth to the Internet and support.

Tanzania - Oct 11, 2003
WCE Seattle shipped 175 Pentiums and 50 Power Macs to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania . These computers were received by the Episcopal Diocese of Musoma and Save the Children of Tarime (SACHITA). The computers will connect 20 schools with 10,000 youth.

Guatemala - March 1 2003
250 working Pentium computers including monitors, keyboards, printers, and scanners was sent to Guatemala to support Proyecto Enlace Quiché.