Royal Mail has handed nearly 3,000 used PCs and laptops to charity for use in in developing countries.
Through the Royal Mail’s outsourcing supplier CSC, the organisation has provided 2,986 computers to Computer Aid International, having replaced the PCs as part of a major desktop refresh programme. The move is part of Royal Mail’s corporate social responsibility plan.
The systems have been donated over an eight-month period and are being used by schools and charitable organisations in Malawi, Namibia, Ethiopia and Chile.
Royal Mail IT director Carol Olney said: “Donating equipment to Computer Aid is extremely worthwhile, as the PCs and laptops that we make redundant will often have many more years of useful life in disadvantaged communities.
“By donating the PCs to charity, everyone wins. Computer Aid provides an environmentally responsible way for us to dispose of our redundant equipment while enabling us to help disadvantaged communities abroad who may otherwise have been unable to afford the equipment.”
Each PC and laptop donated by Royal Mail was refurbished to UK and US top-level security standards at the Computer Aid London headquarters.
