The ALTEA Association is planning to do their next IT Equipment donation programme sponsored by Findex Australia in the month of February 2024. In this donation programme, ALTEA Association is hoping to donate IT Equipment worth around Rs.150 million (Aus$. 750,000.00) to underprivileged rural Schools and support poor Children from rural areas to enhance their education to higher levels.
In this upcoming donation programme includes 505 Laptops (16GB Memory), including 100 Lenovo i5 touch system laptops, 210 Lenovo Mini PCs, 194 Monitors, 194 Keyboards, 194 Mice, Network Switches, Projectors, Network equipment and cables, valued at Rs.150 million. This will benefit over 50,000 school children in more than 200 schools across Sri Lanka.
The donation project will be implemented in all Educational Zones in Kegalle District and Educational Zones of Ampara, Badulla, Bibile, Chilaw, Dehiattakandiya, Gampola, Kotmale, Kuliyapitiya, Ratnapura, Seruwila, Walasmulla and Wellawaya.
ALTEA Association, at present provide internet facility to 22 schools in Kegalle region for the year 2023/24.
The Lenovo Mini PCs that we plan to donate this year are very technologically advanced. Generally among Sri Lankan schools, this kind of technology is not only rare, but a privilege.
This ThinkStation P330 Tiny is a powerful one-litre workstation that’s 96%
smaller than a typical device of its kind. ISV-certification and the latest
technology make it a powerhouse despite its size. This tiny workstation is perfect
for endeavours such engineering, architecture, science, finance, and education.
The exact model of the PC is the Lenovo ThinkStation P330 Tiny Workstation i9-9900T 2.1GHz 16GB 512GB P620 W10P R.
We aim to donate 350 laptops, 150 Lenovo Mini PC’s, 150 monitors, 150 keyboards, 150 computer mice, 10 network switches, 10 projectors, monitor cables, network cables, and power cables valued at Rs.150Mn, to 150 schools by October 2023.
This school also received IT Equipment’s and Internet facility from ALTEA Association. The students are experiencing a new way of teaching by using Technology and Internet facility, which they have not experience earlier, in the classroom.
The picture shows that a Teacher is teaching her lesson using Laptop and Internet facility.
This school also received IT Equipment’s and Internet facility from ALTEA Association. This picture shows that the Students are observing Religious interests using Laptop & Internet facility at the assembly, before starting their lessons.
In 2022, the Mabopitiya Primary School, Undugoda achieved their best result for Grade 5 scholarship exams in the school’s history. 6 students passed and will be able to apply for schools with better facilities for their higher studies. The donated technology has significantly improved the teaching techniques and level of education in the school.