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In a nutshell we reuse old computers that would normally end up on a landfill sites and send them out to schools in Africa. If you are able to support us please use the link below. We'll be embracing bitcoin fully and will be setting up a full node in the near future.

http://turingtrust.co.uk/donate-by-bitcoin/

Many thanks

-The Turing Trust

I never heard of Turing Trust before, but I've seen a good reputation after searching at google for a minute there
I was really happy to be able to donate to help the people in need
I sent a little donation, but hey every bits helps right :)
will send more next week when i receive my weekly payment
Good luck :)

We're a small charity but looking to grow in the coming years. We are aiming to put 4000 computers in schools in Malawi alone in the next 3 years and so any funding brought in by bitcoin donations is much appreciated.

We'll often get laptops with missing chargers or desktops with missing components so Purse.io might come in handy for us to get these parts.

Thank you very much for your donation :)

We are a relatively small charity but as i posted above we aim to put 4000 computers in schools in Malawi over the next 3 years and so we're looking to grow considerably.

I am not at liberty to say how we use the bitcoin received as its a collective decision. For me personally though i would look to pay people with it and explore future use cases in the developed and developing world. Bitcoin the protocol is an amazing invention that has opened the door to some amazing things!

Thanks for your interest :)

Well if you searched it on google you will find a few info on this charity and it convinced me to donate :)

@Turing
Do you have a photo proof or some sort of your donation ?
I might be blind here but I can't find any of it on your site
Putting the photo on your post might help convinced people to donate to your cause, just like any other charity websites :)

Never heard of your organization either, good to see you accepting Bitcoin donations! You'll definitely have success with it. And good to see computers being reused for a greater cause :)

There are *two* registered charities called "The Turing Trust"? :o
http://www.turingarchive.org/trust/

Also, >>>/services/
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Sorry i'm not sure i follow you. Photo proof of what?

Do you have an office in the UK? I tried looking for the Contact info but there is nothing there except some form to fill out.

Yes we are based in Edinburgh, UK. The reason we don't list our address is that people were dumping computers in bulk outside our front door (some in the rain). We are currently open 3 days a week but hope to be open full-time asap. When that happens we will update our website and google with our address

Thanks very much! We're all excited about this technology and how it can help support our work

"Defunct televisions, computers and keyboards (pictured) are transported to west-African countries like Ghana because 'it is cheaper than recycling it properly in European Union nations'"

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Nice job, OP :D

Thanks for bringing this up. Our machines get taken to dedicated e-waste facilities once they reach the end of their life. Many machines that get donated here in the UK would actually end up being scrapped and dumped in landfill sites so we're reducing the problem not adding to it.

http://turingtrust.co.uk/our-environmental-policies/

Well it is for a good cause, and I would rather see children in Africa benefit from this, than seeing it go to waste in a landfill. I bet the recycle companies are not very happy with this initiative, because they

reclaim quite a lot of precious metals, including gold from these old computers. I know there has been some complaints from some of the African nations, saying that Africa is becoming the landfill for 1st

world countries old mobile phones... I am saying, Go for it... you getting it for free!   Keep up the good work... I will donate some.

Great  idea for a charity giving the poor of the world equipment that can help them gain an educatiion in a growing sector.  well done  ;D

::)

So you're telling me that the people likely to illegally dispose of hazardous waste in UK are ...donating it to you as an alternative?

http://s24.postimg.org/vqmp2i605/Capture.png

Because there's not enough of that stuff there already?

Thanks very much for your support. It's much appreciated! :)

Thanks Calkob! :)

Good to see another non-profit organization accepting Bitcoin - especially one in the technology field! It would be good if you could download a soft Bitcoin wallet into the computer before you send them out to Africa. Anyway, would donate some Bitcoin when I am not in a tight budget. :).

They are good guys that trying to educate African people and i really want to donate my money for it and it's greate they accepting bitcoins! Hope it would help.

Thanks King Jack :)  I doubt we'll be adding wallets to our computers but one thing we have spoken about is adding a section on Bitcoin and digital currencies to our E-library

its nice to see that more and more companies and more people are starting to accept bitcoin payments

it will definitely start pushing the price up it will surely attract a lot of new people to it, lets hope more companies will get interested

We appreciate every Satoshi :) Thanks very much for the support

This is what we need, some organization that will support Bitcoin.

yes its good news,and i'm sure this is would effective to raise some donation from people,at least people who use and adopt bitcoin can know and start donate with bitcoin,i'm also ever donate with bitcoin to some foundation,its easier.

We will do our best :)

It has been effective so far. In fact someone donated 1.71btc (£500) yesterday which is huge for us! So if you are reading thanks so much for your generosity and support it's much appreciated! :) :)

we also thanks to Turing Trust for start accepting bitcoin as one of payment system,its was good news for we all,i wish this is will be good way to all bitcoiners to start make donation with bitcoin,we need to make donation for our better life.

Great charity this, and the fact that it now supports bitcoin donations is only a bonus.  Going there now to give them some.   ;D  well done Turing trust

It is really a good news for those who are their donators and who want to donate them, as it is much easy to pay for a donation through bitcoin. but donating through banks and cheque it take some time and effort to go to there, but with bitcoin you can donate from home with a few clicks.

What are you using the donations for if people are bringing old computers for free to your door step? Do you pay a lot of money for shipping costs to African countries or the goods will be transported free of charge as you are a charity organization? What do you think about Raspberry Pi Zero the $5 computer? You could get a whole bunch of them for less than the shipping fees on these old PC's you are sending out right?

Thank you very much for your support! :)

Not to mention the fact that it's just reasonably cheaper to donate with Bitcoin than any other money sending medium. Apparently, you get charged $5 to pay through Western Union which I never ever knew.

It's not much, but I've donated. I have to pay off a loan of 0.1, and I'm practically delaying it for you guys :)

Here's the transaction - https://blockchain.info/tx/c9b2470cb62951fd35bf39db59f252402bc69224eeb9b4da5ae4e392c32cc0b1

Good to hear.I am sure if some reputed NGO like yours adopt and endorse bitcoin,it will going to help bitcoin in its growth.Bitcoins is often associated with some bad things which keep a lot of people away from it.NGOs like Turing Trust involvement will dispel the misconceptions from a common man's mind

Very much so. Bitcoin has really helped us just in this short period of time

I'm not at liberty to say how the bitcoin donations will be spent as it will be a joint decision.

We did an assessment last year and found that we could deliver computers at £10 per unit to certain places where it may have cost £80 to buy similar spec machines locally. So it makes financial sense and also saves computers in the UK from being scrapped.

We are big fans of the Raspberry Pi at the Turing Trust. Later this year we'll have finished our first off-grid classroom made from an old shipping container fitted out with Pi's and a PV solar system. You can read more here if you are interested:

http://turingtrust.co.uk/the-turing-trust-e-library-2/the-solarberry/

Thanks

That's brilliant Monnt thanks very much! :)

Very good point. We are aware the public's perception of Bitcoin isn't always very positive so we hope we can play a part in helping to change that.

The name reminds me of the Turing Foundation in Homeland series..

Checked around a bit and actually looks quite good! I hope bitcoin gives you some extra exposure and donations. Especially that solarpie project looks really cool. I can imagine that a low cost lower power machine such as the pi is ideal for your goals.

honestly I heart first time about turning turst here. but it doesn't metter. it is a trust and helping schools and education. and also accepting bitcoin donations.
best of luck all of the trust members,
I will make my donations shortly.

thanks.

just making my first donation to the trust's wallet, I hope my small donation worth. and can be used to help african peoples.
thanks

Thanks we're quite excited about the SolarBerry project

Thanks very much for donating and supporting us Digital_Lord. It's much appreciated by everyone here :)

Thanks very much Ardenyham! :)

The good news

not bad not bad

this is second foundation that i see accept bitcoin,pretty good and i hope its make more people in this forum donate some bitcoin,i'm also have been donate some bitcoin,and its not much,i hope its usefull. and i really love that this foundation concern in I.T,because i'm and engineering.
this is great,keep struggle guys..