NZ firm to provide Samoan schools with computers

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Updated August 25, 2009 07:06:26

In developed countries, most children have access to computers and it is a vital part of education, but in Pacific countries, many children miss out due to a lack of funds. A private firm in New Zealand, called "The Ark" is looking to change that. The firm has been helping New Zealand children get computers by repairing old machines from offices and then donating or selling them at low cost to schools and kids' charities.

Now it is branching out overseas, working with computer students from Manukau Institute of Technology to give 180 computers and equipment into schools in Samoa.

Presenter: Kate McPherson
Speaker: Brian Lawrence, Managing Director, "The Ark"

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