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Let's face it, hardly anyone wants to deal with Electronic Waste
We have reached a point when most donations are a financial liability to us.
Becoming financially sustainable comes at an environmental cost:
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The cost of labelling perfectly working devices as obsolete, because they would not run Windows 10 comfortably.
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The cost of labelling perfectly repairable devices as un-repairable because either their parts are too difficult or expensive to obtain or their design is too time consuming to disassemble.
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We are on a journey.
A journey to discover solutions, to help others understand the challenges of implementing a culture of repair in our current society.
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The market might have a need for repairers, but it does not have the money to employ them, because buying new, can often be cheaper than repairing.
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Our approach to repair is vocational.
We believe a culture of repair changes people's lives: Once you make a working device out of two non-working devices, the question of sharing, property and usage, reshapes not only our relationship with things, but with people.
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We wont turn our backs on devices that just need care and will continue to be truthful to our aims to refurbish and repair everything that has potential.
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We will continue to be curious and open minded about what "having potential" means and when matching beneficiaries to those devices.
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Providing training for the community, is our bit to changing society's relationship with electronics.
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Providing training to become an IT technician is our bit to changing people's lives, as learning a trade opens the door to opportunities.
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Most importantly, we will continue to share the view that there is no such a thing as a lack of devices, making sure that our services are free to those that need them most.
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It would be impossible to do all of this and so much more without our funders and supporters.
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So, next time you think of us, think of them too.
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