[Telecentres] Laptops For Ghana

[Jennifer Staple]

Hi all,

Unite For Sight is seeking laptop donations for its programs and 
partners at Buduburam Refugee Camp and in Tamale, Ghana.  If you or a 
friend have a laptop that you could donate, please send an email to 
JStaple at uniteforsight.org  Unite For Sight is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 
organization, and donations to Unite For Sight are tax deductible.

_Buduburam Refugee Camp_
Karrus Hayes is a refugee at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana, where he 
works tirelessly every day to direct an elementary school that he 
founded at the refugee camp, and he also leads Unite For Sight's free 
eye care programs at the refugee camp. You can read Karrus's biography 
online http://uniteforsight.org/humanitarian_profile.php He is a special 
humanitarian

We are seeking donated laptops for children to use at Karrus's school. 
Karrus says: "Laptops donated will be really useful to the school and 
the kids. The school has had a computer room, but no computer has ever 
entered there since we started."

_Crystal Eye Clinic_
A database system is being developed between the Unite For Sight 
screening site at Buduburam Refugee Camp and at Crystal Eye Clinic, 
which is located 1 hour from the refugee camp and provides eye care to 
the refugees.  Laptops are needed for both the screening site at 
Buduburam and for the ophthalmologists and staff at Crystal Eye Clinic

_Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital_
In Tamale, Ghana, Unite For Sight's partner ophthalmologist, Dr. Wanye, 
is the only eye doctor for 2 million people in the entire region. Prior 
to our partnership, Dr. Wanye often went months without providing a 
single cataract surgery because the community members could not afford 
the $35 cost of surgery. Unite For Sight volunteers now work with him to 
assist with screening outreach programs, and Unite For Sight funds the 
cataract surgeries for the patients so that no one will remain blind due 
to lack of funds.
Laptops are needed at Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital for patient 
data recording and other electronic needs.

DONATIONS OF LAPTOPS, ROUTERS, DIGITAL CAMERAS, AND OTHER ITEMS WILL BE 
GREATLY APPRECIATED BY UNITE FOR SIGHT AND ITS PARTNERS IN GHANA.  ALL 
DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President and CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org