Caixa Donates Equipment

16 Jun 2020

CGD donates IT equipment to students in need

Since the start of the pandemic and up until now, CGD has donated a total of 777 items of IT equipment to several schools and teaching institutions, reinforcing the commitment with its mission within the scope of social responsibility.

In 2021, CGD has already donated 657 items of IT equipment to several institutions and schools, providing for hundreds of students who had their access to education hampered due to the suspension of classroom sessions and the difficulties brought about by distance learning, with consequences for their schools grades, namely those of students in need.

As early as 2020, CGD responded immediately to the pandemic situation with the donation of 120 items of IT equipment.

This donation was made possible through a partnership with Student Keep, a project with volunteers who recover and verify equipment, repairing it so it can be delivered to institutions in perfect conditions.
Aiming to reduce inequalities in the access to Education, CGD was part of the solution and promoted this initiative in order to support hundreds of students and their families.

Through the Donation Program, thousands of students from elementary schools, high schools and universities across the country were helped, who would otherwise be unable to have the financial conditions to access this kind of resource and digital tools. CGD believes that no child should be left behind irrespective of his/her life circumstances and that all children deserve quality education and the same opportunities.

This initiative also allows to recycle these IT items, reducing the environmental impact and helping those in need.

In line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, these initiative aims to contribute to the extension of the digital school process, supporting the inclusion of socially vulnerable students, as well as to provide all children with the same opportunities in terms of access to Education.

Below are some of the feedback comments we received from schools

Cerco School (Porto)

«This donation by Caixa Geral de Depósitos is a very important step toward proximity will all students, allowing them to participate in distance-learning during this quarter of the school year. The pandemic has increased the existing social inequalities and partnerships such as this one mean that more students are able to be connected and that we do not leave anyone behind.
On behalf of the schools and students that will benefit from these computers, we thank you very much! »

«I would like to express my gratitude for the donation of IT equipment by Teach For Portugal to the students of the Cerco School, in Porto.»

Lousada Este School (Lousada)

«We have received 20 computers donated by CGD, in partnership with Teach for Portugal (TfP), to the school grouping of Lousada Este (AELE).
This valuable donation will no doubt contribute to bridge gaps still felt between students in their access to distance-learning. I thank you on my own behalf and on that of AELE»

Serpa School Grouping

«On my behalf and on behalf of all the school community, I hereby thank this generous entity for the 20 stationary computers, as well as for your availability and commitment to helping this school grouping.
I further inform that we are currently performing the necessary installations on the aforementioned computers before handing them to the students».

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Caixa Donates Equipment

CGD donates IT equipment to students in need