Awards and Recognition
A description of the awards and recognition recieved by Computers In Homes over the years.Â
On The Bright Side | Paenga Hihiko
The September issue of this HRC Newsletter shows acknowledgment to The 2020 Communications Trust from the Race Relations Commissioner for Computers in Homes cultural diversity and positive contributions to race relations in New Zealand.
View the article here and the certificate here
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The CIH Project Human Rights Commision Awards
For providing computers to Burmese refugee families, May 2007. The Computers In Homes project aims to support low income communities to use computer technology to strengthen their education. The project works via low decile schools to help families in greatest need to use the Internet, e-mail and basic computer skills in their daily lives to enhance their performance at school and at work. Training for parents is provided at their children's school.
Once training is completed, a refurbished computer is provided for the family. Recently 16 Porirua-based Burmese refugee families completed the eight week computer course. All of the refugees had arrived in NZ within the last six months, and none owned a car, so a bus was chartered to ensure the computers and families (30 adults and 20 children) arrived safely at their homes.
The computer skills they have gained, coupled with the computers they have been gifted, will enable them to integrate into NZ, as well as to maintain links with their extended families in Myanmar.
HRC Award for providing computers to Burmese Families, May 2007
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Diversity Action programme Certificate 2010
Diversity Action programme Certificate 2008
Diversity Action programme Certificate 2007
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July 2004 - 'Bang for Buck' at Computerworld Excellence Awards:
In 2003 Computers in Homes was a Finalist in the Computerworld Excellence Awards.We did not win. But in 2004 we were a Finalist again, but this time we won the Bang for Buck Award, in recognition of the amazing success of CIH despite a miminal budget.
To view press releases and PDFs covering the Awards, select 2004 on our News Archive page. Alternatively, the Computerworld Awards Page can be viewed here.
