Computers for Africa
Volunteers refurbishing in the warehouse
Sorting and Cutting cords Bagging and Boxing computers and monitors

Testing and Cleaning Taping and Loading

In Omaha

CFA holds a community refurbishing and/or packaging day about every six weeks. Volunteer jobs include:

  • --Testing monitors, hard drives, power supplies and PCs. Loading OS and ghosting new images on to computers.
  • --Stuffing peripheral bags. Sorting and cleaning keyboards, mice, and hubs. Cutting 120V plugs off power cords.
  • --Deconstructing PCs that do not meet our specifications in order to recycle them.
  • --Assembling boxes, filling them with peanuts and refurbished PC systems.
  • --Taping, stacking, and shrink wrapping filled boxes on to pallets. Loading a 40-foot shipping container with 600 boxes.

Around the Country

You can refurbish your community's used PCs to our specifications and send them to Omaha, NE, for international transport to a qualified African school.
 
Contact CFA if you are interested in either of these volunteer opportunities.

"We cannot afford to be bystanders at the technological marvels that create economic value and transform societies. In an internationally competitive environment, we have to run fast even to stay where we are.”
—Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella (30)