Computer Donation Benefits Shepparton Community | GHD, an international professional services company, has been instrumental in the supply of 32 computers that will assist new members of the Shepparton community to assimilate with life in Australia. The computers will also enable these members to stay connected to their Congolese, South Sudanese and Afghan heritages. |
Refugee households will each receive one computer, software, training and three months of free Internet connection. This has been made possible through collaboration between GHD, GOTAFE, Computerbank and McPherson Media, who are working together for this worthwhile cause.
The project is part of a larger scheme where GHD donates computers to Computerbank, a not-for-profit group, who recycle the computers and then distribute them for use in disadvantaged communities.
Computerbank will run familiarisation sessions for the computer recipients in Shepparton, with GHD and GOTAFE providing volunteer services, training resources and facilities. Upon completion of these sessions, the refugees will attend a ceremony and be presented with a Certificate of Attendance by the Minister for Multicultural Affairs.
GHD’s computer donation will assist refugees to build skills in language development, computer literacy and awareness of social values, which will also benefit local employers and the wider community. The donation will enable the refugees to integrate with educational, workplace and social standards within Australia, and become valuable members of the local community.
GHD employs 6,000 people in a network of offices throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, the United Kingdom and Europe.
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