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Two public schools in Canoas, in Rio Grande do Sul, which had their computer laboratories submerged after the 2024 floods are already preparing for the reactivation of spaces with new machines donated by the Ministry of Communications. David Canabarro Municipal Elementary Schools, with 512 students, and Professor Odette Yolanda, with 559, received ten computers reconditioned each, from the Belem Novo Nucleus, the Rio Grande do Sul Computer Reconditioning Center (CRC).
We lost all computers. They were used in research, as a complement to classes with teachers and for some evaluations. We lost everything. Now, thank God, we are receiving this donation with great happiness, celebrated Odette Yolanda School Director, Fernanda Camero. David Canabarro School Director Fernanda Jardim recalls the sadness of seeing the school losing all the bottom floor, including classrooms, materials and documents. According to her, digital inclusion is fundamental at this time. We had to reconstruct practically from scratch. Computers will also help school a lot in this reconstruction, after the flood we faced. There were many losses, so these computers will be a great support for the school. The Ministry of Communications computer reconditioning center was also affected and lost 275 machines, but with the willpower of students and volunteers, the project resumed work and prepares for new donations to areas that need digital inclusion.
We have the mission of not leaving digital gaps. We will continue to donate to public schools, affected areas and projects that support social and digital inclusion actions. We are sure that Rio Grande do Sul will completely rebuild after this catastrophe, concluded Juscelino Filho, Minister of Communications. Computers for inclusion program gives new life to computers discarded by public agencies across the country. The machines are taken to the computer reconditioning centers (CRCs) spread across Brazil. In these spaces, students of various ages learn computers and computer maintenance in practice. The maintenance of the equipment is done by the students themselves and, after being ready, they are donated to the creation of computer laboratories in public schools, various associations, indigenous villages and quilombola and rural territories.
In all, nearly 60,000 computers have been donated to more than 1,100 cities. In total, more than 230 courses were offered, forming more than 51 thousand people of all ages.
