"LEO... large enough to care about the big issues... small enough to care about the individual"155 Computers stuck at the customs
What a week! We never before shipped such a huge amount of equipment to Sri Lanka and were we in for some costly surprises.
It all started out so amazingly well. CIMA Global kindly donated 155 computer base units. Ensior kindly offered to pay for the transport from London to Sri Lanka. The UK shipping company was professional a quick in getting the units onboard a ship heading for Sri Lanka and then the nightmare started…
In Sri Lanka it is always hard to understand what you really need to do to get things done. Probably because no one really knows. So our guys have been running around all week to get the required forms and some letter from ministries to get these computers through customs.
Unfortunately there is a final charge of about £300 to get the goods released and get these PCs to those that need them. Please help us raise that money on: http://www.leoproject.org/sponsor/#sponsor.
Who needs these computers?
These units are meant for a number of learning institutes for children and young adults and will greatly help them in their education and broaden their chances of finding a job in the near future.
One of the receiving institutes is a school for physically disabled children. Usually disabled people are seen in bed totally dependent on their family, but thanks to this school they learn how to become independent and learn a trade. A major trade for these people to get into is computer related. Hence these donated computers are vital to this institute as goes for many others.
Help and donate now on: http://www.leoproject.org/sponsor/#sponsor
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