CARE, an international development and relief organisation, has installed an NT server LAN at its Johannesburg regional office primarily as an Internet-based communication tool between field workers and donor offices in the US and Europe.
Aside from utilising general Microsoft office automation applications, CARE`s lifeblood is its ability to send and receive e-mails throughout southern and western African countries.
"The Johannesburg regional office supports15 countries in Africa with a range of activities such as working with refugees, and providing health facilities, agricultural aid, education, economic activities and natural resource management," says Lora Wuennenberg, CARE`s deputy director for Southern and Western African Regional Management Unit (SWARMU).
Networking technology company SM NetworX was responsible for implementing and maintaining the LAN. It supplied the Compaq hardware and workstations as well as cabling and network infrastructure at a substantial discount made possible because of CARE`s charitable work. Microsoft provided the NT server software gratis.
Marie Devine, sales account manager at SM NetworX, said the company was delighted to have been selected as the implementation and maintenance partner at CARE and took its responsibilities there seriously.
"They do such wonderful work and because they cannot afford to have staff dedicated to IT, we are proud to render this necessary assistance. Without effective communications CARE is unable to continue with its charitable activities," says Devine.
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