Dear Sir,
In July I am travelling to Nepal to do voluntary work with the Himanchal charity in the village ofNangi for 5 months. Nangi is a remote mountain village situated in west Nepal, it's a 10 hourwalk from the nearest road! Amazingly the village has a basic computer network with a shared Internet connection - this helps farmers trade livestock, families keep in touch with relativesand provides invaluable teaching resources for the local school. My time in Nangi will be spentexpanding the network and teaching the villagers how to get the most out of their IT resources. As the village has limited resources I intend to bring donated computer equipment with me.
In July I am travelling to Nepal to do voluntary work with the Himanchal charity in the village ofNangi for 5 months. Nangi is a remote mountain village situated in west Nepal, it's a 10 hourwalk from the nearest road! Amazingly the village has a basic computer network with a shared Internet connection - this helps farmers trade livestock, families keep in touch with relativesand provides invaluable teaching resources for the local school. My time in Nangi will be spentexpanding the network and teaching the villagers how to get the most out of their IT resources. As the village has limited resources I intend to bring donated computer equipment with me.
Is there any way that FedEx/DHL/UPS/TNT/Trans World would be able to help ship IT equipment to Kathmandu free of charge? Even a few kilograms of equipment would help immensely. I will of course mention FedEx/DHL/UPS/TNT/Trans World if any media interest arises and will happily keep you updated on my progress while out in Nepal. For more information please visit my blog at
Many thanks,
Charlie
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TNT not prepared to help out:
ReplyDeleteThe following is a general statement of TNT policy on sponsorship
We receive literally hundreds of requests for sponsorship & charity
support. All of the activities and causes we are asked to help are worthy
and commendable in their own particular way but obviously we cannot
possibly support them all. An organisation such as ours has long term plans
in place which focus on building partnerships with selected organisations.
As a result our budgets are fully committed..
The organisations we work with, principally concentrate on the personal
and professional development of young people or those where logistics and
distribution skills are key factors for success. For example:-
Wooden Spoon children’s charity, which exists to help those disadvantaged
by physical disability and social/mental deprivation – particularly
children in
the UK.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme
The World Food Programme
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Network Operations
TNT Express UK
From UPS:
ReplyDeleteDear Charlotte,
Thank you for contacting UPS. We very much appreciate your contact, however unfortunately on this occasion we are unable to help you with the transport of these items.
UPS participates in many charitable projects worldwide via the UPS Foundation which supports associations where UPS employees are involved as volunteers. The Foundation also supports disaster relief efforts with contributions of logistics and financial support via the main aide agencies but is unable to provide logistics support to individual projects.
I am sorry we are unable to help on this occasion. We wish you best of luck with your project.
Yours sincerely,
Agnieszka Kopiczko
Marketing Communications Assistant