Our story.

RAD is a community driven, not for profit initiative that tackles significant societal issues. RAD reduces e-waste by tracking down donations of unwanted laptops and tablets and diverting them from landfill or e-recycling. RAD then teaches community members to diagnose and repair these devices. These refurbished fit-for-purpose devices are then gifted to rangatahi who need them for employment, education, cultural expression, and general participation in society.

 

RAD works nationwide to create positive outcomes for the environment, the communities of Aotearoa and the economy by providing an accessible circular economy for unwanted hardware, increasing access to high quality digital technology education and providing tools to allow community members to participate fully in society.

When we heard about a student-led initiative out of Aotea College in Porirua, where some tech-savvy students were refurbishing laptops to make sure their peers had devices to use for school, we knew this model could be expanded to help even more people. RAD was formed using this initiative as the foundation, and our goal is to have distributed 17,000 laptops by 2024 and to continue operating for as long as the digital divide exists..

You can help.

By donating to and supporting RAD, you are empowering rangatahi to have more options in life.

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