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Computer Aid International is a not-for-profit organisation active in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development. A registered charity, Computer Aid was founded in 1998 to bridge the digital divide by providing refurbished PCs from the UK to educational and non-profit organisations in developing countries. Computer Aid has provided over 200,000 refurbished computers to educational institutions and not-for-profit organisations in more than 100 different countries to date. Computer Aid shipped its 1,000,000th computer in February 2008,〔(Computer Aid reaches 1,000,000 PCs )〕 sending PCs to more than 100 countries from its workshop and offices in North London. ==Organization== (Computer Aid International ) is an non-governmental organisation registered with the (Charity Commission ) of England & Wales (registration number: 1069256) and is a not-for-profit social business with the registration number 3442679 (Companies House ). Computer Aid has offices in London and Nairobi, Kenya, with a team of 25 staff and 50 volunteers composed of techies, development professionals, geeks, fundraisers and linguists. At the Africa HQ in Nairobi Computer Aid has a number of Programme Officers who work with educational institutions and local non-profit organisations throughout Africa supporting the application of ICT for Development. Computer Aid has a Board of Trustees that meet bi-monthly to provide strategic direction and fiduciary oversight. Professor Denis Goldberg is Computer Aid's Honorary Patron. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Computer Aid International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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