About Afretech

Rural African schools are desperately short of the most basic of educational resources: textbooks, pencils, readers, encyclopedias - and few African students can dare to dream of access to the world of information and communication offered by technology. Afretech is a non-profit society with full charitable status dedicated to providing the necessary materials and equipment rural African schools need to properly educate their students. The impact on the students and teachers receiving these resources is phenomenal. They are awestruck at receiving supplies they had never dreamed of having and at the sudden opportunities now within their grasp; the gift is pure gold: a special window of hope and the promise of a real future. If these countries in the Developing World are ever to participate in the global village, then their young people must acquire certain knowledge and develop the specific skills demanded by the new economy. Education is not just the answer - it is the ONLY answer!

Afretech collects discarded texts, library books, and other school supplies, sorts them and boxes them for shipment to Africa. Additionally, donated computers are checked out, extra RAM added where appropriate, and suitable donated software included where possible. The resulting shipments contain truly valuable resources capable of transforming struggling schools into institutions of learning.