HP donates to the disabled

HP donates to the disabled

JAKARTA (JP): Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement with the
Society for the Care of Children with Disabilities through which
the world's second largest computer company presented a donation
in kind worth US$120,000 to the foundation for administrative and
training purposes.

"Every year HP sets aside a budget for its worldwide
charitable activities, and this year it has chosen the disabled
children in Indonesia for the program," Rita Panambunan, HP's
corporate PR manager, said on Tuesday.

The donation will come in the form of PCs, modems, scanners,
laser and DestJet printers.

"We are linking the foundation up with all its 16 branches
throughout Indonesia in order to help it in its management and
administration," said Khoo Teng Liat, the president of PT HP
Berca Servisindo.

For this purpose, the donation also includes a server computer
for the foundation's database and administrative applications.

The donation also includes consultancies, software development
for administration and management, PCs for computer classes,
licensed software from Microsoft and training for the computer
trainers and operators.

The foundation provides medical care, general education and
pre-vocational training services to 3,000 disabled children.