Profiled Last Night on CBS “Courage in
Sports”
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) and the nonprofit
organizations Close the Gap and Hoops of Hope were profiled last
night on the CBS program “Courage in Sports” for their efforts to
turn used cargo containers into fully equipped digital classrooms
and health clinics that can be deployed to remote areas of
Africa.
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Children from the Tuleeni Orphanage in
Tanzania learn to use the new computers in their mobile classroom
with help from Neema International founder and executive director
Mandy Stein. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Courage in Sports”—which highlights powerful stories of
courage, resilience and excellence in the face of
adversity—followed Arrow and its nonprofit partners to the Tuleeni
Orphanage in Tanzania in early August where they unveiled the first
“DigiTruck” in Africa. The DigiTruck is now providing some 80
orphans at Tuleeni with a classroom full of high-quality,
refurbished laptops, tablets and other IT equipment.
“Arrow Electronics is committed to finding innovative ways that
technology can improve people’s lives,” said Michael J. Long,
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Arrow. “From our
semi-autonomous motorcar (SAM) project that enabled a quadriplegic
former racecar driver to realize his dream of driving again, to
this DigiTruck project that is providing orphans in sub-Saharan
Africa with their first computers, Arrow is guiding innovation
forward in incredible ways. Close the Gap, Hoops of Hope and Neema
International’s Tuleeni Orphanage are doing great work, and Arrow
is fortunate to collaborate with such inspiring organizations.”
According to UNESCO, more than 182 million adults in sub-Saharan
Africa are unable to read or write, and 48 million young people are
illiterate.1 Access to information and communication technology is
critical to improving a country’s educational and economic
prospects. However, high equipment costs, poor infrastructure and
limited proficiency all prevent this much-needed technology from
reaching many parts of Africa.
“For more than 10 years, Close the Gap has been removing
barriers to digital literacy in developing countries. More than 75
percent of the population in Africa live in rural communities where
infrastructure presents a huge barrier—modern information and
communication technologies coupled with solar-powered solutions
like the DigiTruck are able to help bridge this digital divide and
to bring quality training and education to remote communities. With
the support of partners like Arrow Electronics, Close the Gap is
honored to be a part of the work of Tuleeni Orphanage and make a
positive impact in the lives of these orphans,” said Olivier Vanden
Eynde, founder and managing director of Close the Gap.
The DigiTruck can accommodate up to 18 students at a time in a
classroom setting. It is equipped with solar panels capable of
fully powering it for several days at a time so it can reach remote
rural villages with no electricity. The DigiTruck is also
triple-insulated to protect against the heat and secured with
double steel doors and bolted window shutters. Donated IT equipment
refurbished by Arrow’s Value Recovery business inside the DigiTruck
includes laptops, tablets, printers, routers and a LED TV
flat-screen monitor. Local workers in Arusha, Tanzania helped to
build the truck.
“Arrow Electronics and Close the Gap have the power to turn
lives around,” said Mandy Stein, the founder and executive director
of Neema International, the organization supporting the Tuleeni
Orphanage. “They are changing my kids’ worlds—with the computers
and DigiTruck, their dreams now are within reach.”
The DigiTruck will spend the next several months at the Tuleeni
Orphanage before moving onto its next location in 2016. Arrow will
donate all of the laptops and IT equipment to the Tuleeni Orphanage
when the DigiTruck moves on, providing a permanent learning
environment for the orphans. Arrow will also outfit the DigiTruck
with additional refurbished equipment for its next stops.
Working together, Arrow and Close the Gap plan to build and
deploy a number of additional DigiTrucks throughout Africa. In
fact, following Arrow’s sponsorship of Close the Gap’s first
DigiTruck, four other companies pledged to sponsor similar
units.
Arrow’s Value Recovery business, which donated the refurbished
electronic devices inside the DigiTruck, works with its customers
to securely refurbish computers, tablets, smartphones and other
electronic devices for additional use, or repurpose their
still-valuable component parts for other uses. Whenever possible,
Arrow emphasizes extending the life of these devices by selling
them, redeploying them within organizations or donating them.
View the Courage in Sports segment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoOSjU0FKc4&feature=youtu.be/
About the Tuleeni Orphanage and Neema International
Neema International is a nonprofit organization that is
committed to investing in the lives of East Africa’s promising
youth through education and sustainable building projects. Neema
International is currently working with the Tuleeni Orphanage which
is home to nearly one hundred orphaned and or vulnerable children.
Tuleeni is located in the remote village of Rau in the Kilimanjaro
region of Tanzania. To learn more, please visit
http://neemainternational.org/.
About Close the Gap
Close the Gap is an international nonprofit organization that
aims to bridge the digital divide by offering high-quality,
pre-owned computers donated by large- and medium-sized corporations
or public organizations to educational, medical, entrepreneurial
and social projects in developing and emerging countries. All the
projects are demand-driven and share the common denominator of
being non-profit-oriented initiatives. Learn more at
www.close-the-gap.org.
About Hoops of Hope
Hoops of Hope is the world’s largest free-throw marathon.
Similar to a walk-a-thon, participants raise awareness and funds
for children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS by shooting free
throws. One hundred percent of all funds raised through Hoops of
Hope’s free-throw marathons go directly to care for orphan children
in highly affected areas. Learn more at
http://www.hoopsofhope.org/.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and
solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic
components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a
supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment
manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers
through a global network of more than 460 locations in 56
countries. Learn more at www.arrow.com.
About Courage in Sports
Developed by Chicago-based Intersport, “Courage in Sports” is
entering its 26th year of celebrating the most incredible athletes
in the world. Traditionally a one-hour television special aired
each fall, this program highlights powerful stories of courage,
resilience and excellence in the face of adversity. More than 100
stories have been explored since the first “Courage in Sports”
aired 25 years ago.
About Intersport
Since 1985, Intersport has been an award-winning innovator and
leader in the creation of sports and entertainment-based marketing
platforms. Intersport creates unique content and experiences for
clients that attract and engage passionate audiences through three
divisions: Sponsorship & Event Marketing, Sports Properties,
and Sports & Entertainment Content (for broadcast and digital
media, including CelebTV.com). To learn more about Intersport, log
on to www.intersportnet.com.
1 UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Adult and Youth Literacy:
National, Regional and Global Trends, 1985-2015. June 2013
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