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Computers in Homes' News:

CIH news from approximately the past 12 months appears chronologically below - to view older news articles and media releases, please visit the CIH News Archive

• February 2008 - Visit the project blogs for CPF projects!

  Please check out the individual project blogs for the following CPF projects:
  - CIH Eltham (CPF)
  - CIH Wanganui (CPF)
  - CIH Gisborne (CPF)
  - CIH Westland (CPF)
  

• 25th October 2007 - Eltham CIH wins Dynamic Community Learning Award!

  Eltham CIH were named as winners in New Plymouth recently - a big well done from the CIH team!
  Pictured L to R: Christina Turner, Karen Cave and Jackie Broughton.
  
  
  

• 8th October 2007 - $1.6m Government Boost to East Coast Community Partnership Fund Projects

  View Press Release (PDF - 34KB)
  View Article from Beehive (external link).
  
  
  
  

• 8th October 2007 - Computers in Homes in NZ Interface Magazine

  View Article from ' NZ Interface' (PDF - 175KB)
  
  
  

• 5th October 2007 - New Computers in Homes Website Live!

  We welcome your comment and feedback.
  
  
  

• September 2007 - A Dozen Huntly Families Reap the Benefits of Computers in Homes

  View Article from the North Waikato Times (PDF - 196KB)
  
  
  

• August 2007 - Successful Digital Strategy Community Partnership Bids for 2007 announced:

  Far North - 50 families
  Ngati Porou - 250 families
  Kelston Deaf Education Centre - 25 families
  Gisborne Rural - 150 families
  Wairoa - 250 families
  Porirua - 150 families
  
  
  

• June 2007 - A big Thank You to RCN & Associates and Coca-Cola Oceania

  Computers in Homes would like to acknowledge RCN & Associates Ltd - (IBM Business partner - IT Remarketing & e-Waste Specialists) for sponsoring 500 mousepads for CIH.
  Also thanks to Coca Cola Oceania, who donated hardware which was passed on to Porirua e-Learning Trust CIH.
  Visit the RCN & Associates Website
  
  
  

• May 2007 - Wanganui CPF Computers in Homes Article

  View Article: 'CIH a success for kids' (PDF - 408KB)
  
  
  

• May 2007 - Porirua Computers in Homes - Graduation 17th May 2007

  View Article: 'Computers in Homes' (PDF - 334KB)
  View Article 'Refugees get reward for tech success' (PDF - 2MB)
  View Human Rights Commission Acknowledgment- (PDF - 586KB)
  
  
  

• May 2007 - News from the Huntly CIH Project

  View Article: 'Huntly Families Upskilling Through Computers in Homes' - (PDF - 2MB)
  View Article: 'CA Helps Bridge the Digital Divide' (PDF - 1MB)
  
  
  

• May 2007 - Computers in Homes receives mention in US e-school news magazine

  View Article (External Link)
  
  
  

• January 2007 - A Big Thanks to Oxygen Business Solutions and Athena Products Social Club

  Computers in Homes would like to thank Oxygen Business Solutions and Athena Products social club for their cash donations to CIH, which have gone towards providing Atomic Learning Online Education software for 2 Auckland schools: Oxygen supporting Refugee Education via Wesley Primary School and Athena supporting Jean Batten School in Mangere.
  
  
  

• November 2006 - Lorraine Gardner Wood on the Importance of Ergonomics for Children using Computers

  View Article and Video (External Link)
  
  
  

• November 2006 - 2020 Communications Trust Celebrates 10 Years of Community ICT Development

  Computers In Homes featured strongly at the 2020 10th Anniversary event at Parliament in November.

  By far the most response we received afterwards was in praise of Toni Kahu and her speech about her journey from an inaugural CIH parent at Cannons Creek School in 2000, through her graduation as a teacher and to now as an advocate for CIH in her present position as lead ICT teacher at Brandon Intermediate.

  Toni is a great ambassador for CIH and we are grateful for her attendance at the event. Porirua's e-Learning Trust has applied to CPF to extend CIH in the city, planning to encompass Brandon 's needs.

  View a short video clip about her journey with the Computers in Homes programme.

  View photos from the celebration held at Parliament's Grand Hall
  
  
  

• November 2006 - Huntly Kids get Computers thanks to $25,000 donation from CA

  Next year, children from about 18 Huntly families will have something many other kids take for granted - a home PC - thanks to a $25,000 donation from CA, one of the world's largest management software companies.

  The announcement was made as the 2020 Communications Trust Celebrated 10 years of Community ICT development at a reception at Parliament's Grand Hall on the 20th of November.

  

  CA's donation will be used to provide recycled computers, training and support to the families of children at Huntly Primary School , a decile one school in the Waikato town. CA will provide a 12-month licence of its Internet Security Suite so each PC is protected against computer viruses and spyware. Families also receive six months' free Internet access... View Full Article (PDF - 68KB)

  Read more about CA (PDF - 20KB)