Raised: 28%
Target: £10,760.00
Raised so far: £2,985.00
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15.07.09 - Update

BioMed Central's staff have been busy fundraising through monthly coffee mornings, a pub quiz, skydiving, a live music gig, a wine-tasting evening, raffles and a sweepstakes. Four members of the editorial team will be joining Computer Aid on a cycling tour around Chile this September to help us reach our target
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Background

As part of its ongoing commitment to promoting open access in the developing world, BioMed Central has teamed up with Computer Aid to support research in Africa. We have chosen to support Kenyatta University in Nairobi to help local scientists to conduct vital research directly relevant to local problems in one of the poorest parts of Africa. We aim to raise £10,760 in order to provide a container of 225 PCs to the university – enough to give all research departments their own dedicated suite of computers.


How you can help

If you'd like to help us reach our target of £10,760, simply make a donation via this page. It's quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor this project: Computer Aid International gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

Knowledge is freedom Donation by Sue Whitmore 26/02/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

from Melbourne, Australia Donation by Lisa Amir 26/02/09  

£20.00

This is some personal funding of research in Africa and a hand up, from across the Indian Ocean in Australia Donation by Peter Graves 25/02/09  

£100.00

Donation by anonymous 25/02/09  

£50.00
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* Total raised online: £190.00
  Offline donations: £2,795.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £5.64

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