A charity that's not just dumping computers... (Score 1)

My girlfriend and I have been working on a small number of computers (about 15) to send over to Senegal... Ziguinchor to be precise. The idea behind what we have been working on was to use older computers, get them working properly (which has been one of the biggest headaches in my life) and install a cybercafe software on it. We were planning on donating these to a small organization there that promotes women's and children's rights and has a pre-school. The idea behind this was so that the children could learn how to use a computer (because education = power) and when the students weren't at school, the computers could be used as a public internet cafe to help pay for the electricity and internet connection to run them. My girlfriend had already spent 9 months living over there and did a business study on it to see if it might work. Unfortunately, however, the man in charge of the school decided to email us and tell us he wanted the computers in his house instead of at the school; so no go on Senegal. We've decided to start looking domestically, however. A lot of the native American communities are fairly impoverished and completely isolated (as in remote regions of Alaska). And just last week, slashdot was reporting on the Navajo losing their computers. So why not start here? We have a website, but I don't want to link directly to it on here (I can't afford the bandwidth and I don't want to plug a site and hijack the thread). However, if you're interested in googling us, the organization is One Click At a Time... and I'll give you a hint: "one" is not spelled out in the domain. Right now our project is on hold due to the lack of anywhere to send these. If you have any input or suggestions, feel free to email us if you find the site :)