TAG-Org Calls on Charities to Benefit from Refurbished Computers

AMMAN – December 20, 2015 - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) confirmed its full commitment to providing the various charities with computers as a part of the project undertaken by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Computer Refurbishment (TAGCR).

Through this project, TAGCR seeks to attract donors who have damaged computers in order to restore, refurbish, and distribute them to the various charities in need of such computers to support youth, promote their knowledge and education, and contribute to providing them with the required skills, taking into account that the future is for IT and competition is impossible without the basic IT tools.

The project constitutes a part of the corporate social responsibility of TAG-Org and its role in dissemination of IT and free training across Jordan. 

TAG-Org launched the project in 2010, tapping on the restoration abilities in the Arab region, based on the United Nations “UN 500/12” initiative, launched during the tenure of Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh as the chair of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. The first fully functional center part of the “Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Center for Refurbished Computers” project was established in Gaza Camp- Jerash in northern Jordan in 2010, in cooperation with UNRWA. More than 1500 refurbished computers were distributed and more than 100 unemployed young man and woman were trained across the country. 

With the view of covering all areas of Jordan (Zarqa, Azraq, Mafraq, and Eastern badia), TAG-Org launched the second phase of the project in 2015 in cooperation with Al Zarqa Private University to assist less fortunate people and charities. The cooperation was a part of an agreement signed with the University under the patronage of HE Prime Minister Abdullah Al Nsoor. 

TAG-Org stresses that the success of the project over these years was due to the effective contribution of HE Prime Minister Abdullah Al Nsoor to the project and his support of the various phases, in addition to the computers donated by various bodies including the Arab Bank, Sharia Courts (of various branches), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Directorate of Civil Defense, Jordan International Insurance, Government Tenders Department, Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Information Technology Center, National Aid Fund, General Income Sales Tax Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry and Trade, General Budget Department, Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation,  Ministry of Public Sector Development, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and Vocational Training Institute (of various branches and locations).

Bodies donating their damaged computers to serve the project included the Prime Ministry, Amman Stock Market, Companies Control Department, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Department of Antiquities, Jordan Food & Drug Administration, Housing Bank for Trade and Finance, Ministry of Education, directorates of education in all governorates, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Department of Land and Survey, Ministry of Culture, Jordan Maritime Authority- Aqaba, Aqaba Development Corporation, Ministry of Public Works, Al Manhal International Schools, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Civil Service Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Land Transport Regulatory Commission, Supreme Judge Department, Private Education Department, ABC Bank, Jordan Commercial Bank, and Capital Bank.