Despite the fact that Indonesia is a country with high use of social media and technology, there are still some regions in the country that lack computer literacy. To remedy this, a social program called Computers For Indonesia (or simply called Comp4id) are giving away old computers for schools in small towns. On Saturday May 7th the “1st Impact Day” event was held, and ten used computer units were donated to SMK PGRI Jatinangor (a vocational high school) in Bandung, Indonesia.
Two months ago Computers For Indonesia team was actively campaigning on Twitter and Facebook. The ‘Comp4id Team’ (as it is called) consists of six people collecting used computers from various donors in Indonesia and Singapore. Those computers are then fixed, and then open source software (specifically the Ubuntu distribution of Linux) is reinstalled.
The team also helped the school build a computer lab space, installing computer units for the students. There was also a short training about Linux and open source programs.
Petra Novandi, a member the Comp4id team told us that “Our action will not stop with this one day event, but we will try to monitor the sustainability of the computer lab, and then move on to our next target school.”
There was an overwhelming number of responses on both their Twitter and Facebook pages, showing that people really care about education and technology development in Indonesia. With so much public awareness for this particular social campaign, it is hope that used-computer donation will keep on going. And with any luck, this movement will grow not only in Bandung, but also in other Indonesian cities too.
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