DATALASE recently donated laptops to New Hope Children’s Centre, a facility dedicated to orphaned children and abandoned babies in Uplands, Kenya.
The laptops, together with books and stationery donated by Bodnant Community School in Prestatyn, will be used by the Oakridge Center of Excellence, the on-site primary school that provides education for 127 children.
DataLase explained that Uplands is a rural area where farming is the leading industry and access to education and medical help is challenging.
As an ongoing part of its CSR strategy, DataLase, via CSMO Paul Dustain, has maintained a 10-year involvement with the children’s centre, sponsoring four children and a gran as well as providing support for ongoing education and development. The centre helps to transform the lives of children.
Cathy Otieno, Oakridge’s vision champion, said, “On behalf of the Oakridge Center of Excellence, I would like to thank you for the donation of the laptop computers, story books and an assortment of stationery items. We are very thankful for the laptops which will help us provide our students with technical education, a vital skill in present times. We are also thankful too for the books, which will enhance the learning experience for our students.”
Paul Dustain added, “My long-standing and ongoing involvement with New Hope is immensely rewarding and as a shareholder, we are delighted to see the laptops making a difference to the learning opportunities at the school, without which primary school children will lack the quality of education that they need to thrive academically.”
