Lakshman & Jim at Glen Carriers
Getting ready for the Citizen photoshoot
Left a bit ....
Smile please.
Paparazzi practice in the bamboo
Keep smiling ....
The Citizen photographer sets up the shot
Can you kneel AND smile ?
Oh, my acheing back ....
Another use for a garage !
Location of IT Schools Africa.
small version
19 computers tested, Pat is going wild !
Lakshman, Jim and Wally packing the van in Stroud.
First box nearly full at Glen Carriers
Will they all go in ?
Room for some pencils too !
Now to tape it up - next stop Sri Lanka
Pencils, who wants pencils ?
I'm sure a few more will go in ...?
Or perhaps not ?
It's a 'Computers for Sri Lanka' Christmas !
Jane helps hang the computer bits on the tree
Thanks SNJ for the coverage !
16 computers in here somewhere, kindly donated.
Lakshman has a good look
There it is !
Another one for the van
Even Anooma has to help !
Amazing what we can pack in a camper !
Thanks to Denman College and the Womens Institute for 28 computers and monitors !
Thanks to Brenda and Derek for the bubble-wrap.
Wot, only 27 more to do ??
Consignment 4 being loaded
Wally, Lakshman and Jim finish loading consignment 4
Consignment 4 loaded and ready to go
Consignment 5 - The team ready to load. Over 100 computers now !
Consignment 6 - Another batch to test
The pile gets bigger
The kit being sorted for testing
Amazing how many computers go in one bedroom !
Pat's bedroom is a temporary store
The temporary test bench
Scanners tested & ready
Wally & Lakshman pack consignment 6
Wally Lakshman help the carriers pack consignment 6
Consignment 6 being packed - Jim & Wally
Extra computers from home
Wally wrapping the monitors
Lakshman makes sure each box is packed full
Jim & Wally in cheerful mood - nearly done.
Consignment 8 being lined up
Marked with their MG numbers and listed.
Taking the bases off the monitors for smaller packing
Lakshman (in the van) and the driver from the carriers
Jim and Wally at the end of a hard day's work, organising and packing.
Consignment 9 - more freshly tested computers arrive from home.
Loading the van - happy smiles
Nearly all loaded - hence the cheerful grins.
Testing the batch of computers ready for Consignment 10 - rather short notice to prepare & test 16 computers, screens, keyboards & mice
Nice Pentium 4 machines from a local insurance company - thanks !
And matching screens from a local school - people are SO generous !
Screens with the Rotary logo, ready to go.
Our dining room becomes a workshop/store for the week.
Consignment 10, July 2009. Nearly 200 computers sent now. Lakshman, Abdul, Abdul's Dad (from Glen Carriers), and Jim
Ken Weaver delivers a van-load of computers donated by a firm in Bristol
Consignment 11 - Dec 2009. Jim getting the list of computers ready.
The van is here from Glen Carriers.
Starting the first box (of 4)
Packing the first 15 computers. 30 sent in all.
November 2010. Another generous gift of computers from Star College, near Cheltenham
Jim checking a stack of computers to be tested.
Lots of computers - no monitors ...
Everyone is keen to help - thanks, girsl !
Glad to help carry the monitors
The lads help pack much needed monitors donated by Lakefield Junior School in Frampton on Severn
Thanks for consignment 12
Part of consignment 13 being tested - Dec 2010
Jim's dining table forms a good work-bench
Preparing to load consignment 13 outside the Imperial Hotel in Stroud. December 2010
Part of consignment 13, 40 monitors donated by HP, ready packed.
Monmouth Rotarians help load the results of their 'Bikes & Computers' collection on 2 Jan 2011
Rotray District International Chairman Ray Sanderson helps load bikes for S.Africa at Monmouth
Sue Jenkins, President of Monmouth RC, helps load computers.
Monmouth Rotarians fixing bikes
Ray gets in a tangle while fixing the bikes
Ken Weaver of Stroud Rotary gives an expert hand
oops.
30 monitors, 30 keybaords, 60 cables, 30 mice ...
Consignment 14, mainly from National Star College - thanks guys !
Lakshman and friends loading the lorry
Lakshman's the expert packer !
Will they all fit in ??
Yet another monitor to pack
Nearly done - hence the nice Sri Lankan smiles
Our computers in use - picture from Sumedha da Silva
Some of our recipients - with their certificates
The computers in use
