FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Montreal, QC (November 2nd, 2020) – The Electronic Recycling Association is proud to announce their collaboration with La Puce as part of a fundraising campaign to collect electronic devices for their training to people in situations of social and economic vulnerability.
La puce mission is to promote the social appropriation of information and communication technologies by associations, communities, cooperatives and trade union communities as well as the digital inclusion of people potentially excluded from the information society. Digital inclusion, citizen participation, the democratization of IT, the continuing education and development of all citizens are the vision of this NPO, which since 1984 has been helping to build a fairer and more egalitarian society.
The collected items will be refurbished by the Electronic Recycling Association and donated to La Puce. In the current context, where the majority of their training is given remotely, the organization wants to give more participants the chance to have the appropriate equipment in order to enable them to participate actively in social life.
ERA founder and president Bojan Paduh said: “We recognize that this has been a difficult year for many people and our mission is to help as many people as possible with computers and other electronic devices. This collection event will help La Puce to continue their training activities and also to be able to offer them to people who could not afford it.”
The ERA knows how difficult it is for more vulnerable people to access electronic devices. It’s fantastic to know that La Puce offers them this opportunity and above all to have access to workshops and training that will benefit them.
Date: November 1st, 2020 to February 8th, 2020,
Time: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except public holidays).
Items accepted include: laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, cell phones, tablets, gaming systems and computer devices.
Deposit locations:
La Puce Office –
4689 Papineau Avenue, ( second level ) , Montreal, Quebec, H2H 1V4
Or
ERA Warehouse –
#160, 130 Boulevard Saint-Joseph Lachine, QC H8S 2L3
About the Electronic Recycling Association:
ERA is a non-profit organization that has been reducing unnecessary electronic waste since 2004. We reduce adverse environmental contributions through electronic recycling, repurposing and through the donation of electronics and other IT Equipment. With a number of drop off locations around Canada based primarily out of Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg, and electronic pickup service, the ERA provides a meaningful way for organizations and individuals to deal with their old computer equipment in a safe and secure manner that matches or exceeds government standards.
Founded in 1984 by three women concerned about the reintegration of women into the work space, La Puce is one of the first non-profit organizations to get involved in the sector of new technologies for the community and social actors. It offers consulting, training and social projects in digital ownership. Since its creation, La Puce has approximately 25,000 registrations in standard and tailored training and has supported just over 1,000 people in the process of reintegration through twenty different projects focused on the development of digital skills.