Laptops and Connectivity for Lycée Andohalo, Madagascar

A donated laptop is useful. A donated laptop with a working connection to the wider world is something else entirely.

That is what Lycée Andohalo in Madagascar received through MFT (Madagascar Fanantenana Teknolojia), our partner on the ground: refurbished laptops donated through the ERA network, paired with connectivity so the machines can do more than sit in a lab. Students can reach online learning resources, teachers can pull in material from beyond their own shelves, and the school can handle the administrative work that increasingly happens online.

It is a detail worth pausing on. Plenty of well-meaning technology donations stall at the last step — hardware arrives, but without a connection it can only do half the job. MFT builds donations around how they will actually be used, which is why the ERA network keeps trusting them with the final mile.

Lycée Andohalo is one stop on a longer route. MFT has also carried network donations to the Regional Directorate of Youth and Sports of Bongolava, the Commune d'Ambohimangakely and Ank'izy — refurbished equipment reaching students and communities across Madagascar, one delivery at a time.

Thank you to MFT for the planning and the delivery, and to the staff at Lycée Andohalo for opening their doors to a roomful of second-life laptops. We can't wait to hear what their students do with them.

Is your charity, school or nonprofit in need of refurbished technology? Apply to our donation program — applications are reviewed first-come, first-served.