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20,000th low cost PC’s delivered

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Left to Right: Mike Allen, Director General Housing NSW; Arsenio Alegre CEO WorkVentures; The Hon David Borger MP NSW Minister for Housing and Minister for Western Sydney; Mrs Jennifer Arnold; The Hon Chris Bowen MP Federal Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law and Minister for Human Services; Neville Cox, President of WorkVentures.

WorkVentures this week celebrated the delivery of its 20,000th low cost computer, providing low-income Australian households with access to quality, internet-ready PCs at an affordable price.

WorkVentures refurbishes PCs and provides thousands of financially disadvantaged families, individuals, schools and not-for-profit organisations with affordable computers, with improved access to technology.

The Connect IT program is an example of the social benefits that partnership between the community, government and private sectors. Through the program, Westpac provide the PCs while Microsoft provides the software through its On My Way community program.

Federal Minister for Human Services, Chris Bowen MP, presented Sydney resident Mrs Jennifer Arnold with a special gift to celebrate the delivery of the 20,000th low-cost PC. The Minister presented Mrs Arnold with a free PC that has been upgraded with the latest Microsoft software, Office 2007, extra RAM and a DVD burner.

Also present were NSW Minister for Housing, David Borger MP and Director-General of Housing NSW Mr Mike Allen, John Galligan Director of Corporate Affairs at Microsoft, and Randy Fennel, General Manager, Engineering & Sustainability for The Westpac Group.

Computers donated to the Connect IT program are refurbished by WorkVentures and loaded with software donated by Microsoft.

“In this digital age, income and social disadvantage can no longer be tolerated as barriers to having access to IT tools and skills. Australia’s future requires that we do all we can to help the vulnerable and those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain modern, relevant and meaningful skills to participate in a digitally connected world,” said John Galligan, Director of Corporate Affairs at Microsoft Australia.

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