More shipments for the Turing Trust

The Turing Trust is another organisation we have worked with in the past, and will continue to work with, in order to support all of the good work they do for disadvantaged communities in countries like Ghana. Our most recent project with the Trust involved transporting a shipment of two 20 feet containers all the way to Tema, Ghana.

The charity were out in Ghana earlier this year, where they brought together more than 50 students and ten teachers from all over the country for training in software like Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel, along with other IT projects.

 

The Turing Trust is a UK based charity set up set up by founder James Turing, who wanted to promote IT access and education in disadvantaged communities in sub-Saharan Africa. One of the main schemes the trust operates is one we’ve been happy to offer our services for, the free computer recycling scheme. The scheme takes in donated PCs, which it wipes and then ships to Ghana where the donated machines are much needed - along with a long list of other items that are donated to help with education and more.

 We’ve been involved right from the start, helping the Turing Trust through all the different processes, along with navigating through customs entry, sorting out the documentation and organising the logistics needed to process the cargo before it’s shipped from the UK.

The number of donations to the charity, which operates a pick up and drop off service in Edinburgh, so the number of containers we’re able to ship for them is increasing. You can donate too; if you have any unwanted IT equipment or other items, just contact the team at: recycle@turingtrust.co.uk

The Trust also needs:

• Old games consoles, games, TV’s, radios, speakers, iPods, MP3 players and accessories for a start-up charity gaming café in Ghana - to raise funds for development projects
• Digital cameras & mobile phones (including chargers)
• Calculators, exercise books, rulers, pens and pencils.
The full list of items that the charity needs is available on their website along with more about the
work they do and the worthwhile projects they are supporting.