JOB OPPORTUNITY: Recruiting Retired Computers for Volunteer Duty at Saraswati Middle School, near Ganeshpuri, India.

Is there a somewhat bored laptop computer sitting in a corner of your home office feeling very neglected and under-utilized? Maybe it was bumped from your favourite spot in your office and replaced by a fancy new high powered model.

We are looking for experienced, well travelled, emotionally mature laptops. Volunteers will be rewarded by delighting the hearts and minds of a group of teenagers who do not have a computer. What an amazingly wonderful opportunity of service for these born-again computers. They will be helping these youngsters to rise up out of an impoverished and neglected caste system. These youth will join other youngsters on the world wide web and expand into new opportunities beyond the limitations of rural village life. These kids are extremely eager to become e-citizens on the net, learn English and all manner of things with computer software. Thus, the new skills gained will qualify them for jobs beyond the typical menial labor jobs they are now offered.

The Saraswati Middle School in Kelthan, (across the river from Ganeshpuri and Vajreshwari , two hours north of Mumba), has a desk waiting for just the right set of volunteer computers to sign up for a lifetime of service. The computer volunteers will not be lonely - - they will immediately have 175 new excited friends. Upon arriving in India, they will be outfitted with the necessary minor equipment and repairs they need to be fully functioning in their new job as vehicles of great opportunity for these students.

Imagine 175 eager teenagers without a computer to their name. ‘Tis a horrifying thought, isn’t it! You can help. Flights from California and Melbourne have been arranged to transport the recruitants to their job site in India during the months of November and December of this year. If you or your family or friends know of likely candidates, please contact SNET (www.shreenityanandaeducationtrust.org) or TMA (www.tmaseva.org) or as soon as possible. Or, you can write an email to Jeanette@tmaseva.org.