Since the beginning of the War, thousands of families in Ukraine have been forced to leave their homes and move to safer regions of the country taking only the bare minimum of necessities with them. As the new school year begins, much of the education is offered solely online due the active phase of the War, leaving children the only option of continuing their studies through technologies connecting them to their lessons. Through time and time again, we see that families are in no position to return for their technical equipment due to the destruction of homes and infrastructure. Occupied areas are heavily damaged and are lacking equipment, due to looting activities of the russian soldiers. As of today, 130 thousand school students are in need of devices that would give them access to education.

Laptops and tablets needed, new or used (made after 2015), in working condition and complete with power supply.

Any of the 400 devices that are expected to work with ChromeOS Flex are eligible. The certified list of compatible devices is largely dominated by Windows PCs from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, LG, Toshiba and other OEMs; older MacBook models are also compatible. Minimum device requirements: Architecture: Intel or AMD x86-64-bit compatible device RAM: 4 GB Internal storage: 16 GB Bootable from USB drive BIOS: Full administrator access. You’ll need to boot from the ChromeOS Flex USB installer and make some adjustments in the BIOS if you run into issues. Processor and graphics: Components made before 2010 might result in a poor experience. Note: Intel GMA 500, 600, 3600, and 3650 graphics hardware do not meet ChromeOS Flex performance standards.

The above-mentioned technologies can be passed on to IT Ukraine partners in Europe and the UK. To obtain the address and other details of the equipment transfer, please contact via e-mail: office@itukraine.org.ua

The computer equipment will be given to Ukrainian schools in accordance with the submitted requests.

The devices will be delivered through partner volunteer organizations. The technical condition of the equipment will be checked upon delivery to Ukraine and distributed to final destinations.

Per several requests of educational institutions and internally displaced persons, the Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine launched the initiative jointly with IT Ukraine Association in support of those who are affected by the War. The governmental institution is the primary responsible for the distribution of collected devices among the schools.

The reports on the donated devices will be published on the website of the Ministry and the Association once the project objectives are reached and additionally they will be available upon a request.

If an OS is already installed on a device, it can be left there and will be put to use, it also can be uninstalled if the license policy demands so. When there is no OS, ChromeOS Flex will be installed, fully meeting the requirements for distance learning.

Promotion of the project is an essential component in the equipment accumulation process. For this reason, each donation will be covered on the Association’s social media pages upon agreement of the donators and involved entities or they can stay incognito if they wish so, then only the information about the donation and the receiver will be shared.