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Saudi Arabia : Company backs charitable effort to recycle digital devices [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Saudi Aramco is supporting the charitable initiative Ertiqa in preserving technology, benefitting communities and enriching the education of the young minds of the Kingdom. The youth are important in spreading the message because they can influence society to recycle their electronics. We want to attract even more passionate volunteers, says Abdulaziz A. Al-AbdulKarim, Information Technology executive director at Saudi Aramco and the company s champion behind the national initiative. The donated computers and monitors we receive are refurbished, upgraded, loaded with educational programs and distributed to schools and families in need, says Mohammed Mustafa, Ertiqa representative and technology officer. The initiative extends beyond charitable work; Ertiqa joined forces with the Ministry of Education to integrate digital educational programs into children s curricula through establishing a Learn to Excel IT Club in elementary schools to implement programs by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. Programs such as Scratch and Code.org embody a graphical programming language that is more visual and interactive for children to learn programming and computational concepts. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |