Back2School with Comp2Kids

Only 13% of low-income children will go back to school ready to succeed in the digital age.
To send a child to school ready to learn with a home computer, please donate now and forward the donation page to family and friends. Ask them to help send more children back to school ready to succeed in the digital age.

This fall was a great success. With the help of volunteers and supporters, Comp2Kids was able to send over 300 students home with a computer and software and internet training for the 2007/2008 school year. Family training days will begin again in January of 2008, check back soon or email krivera@perscholas.org for upcoming volunteer opportunities.

When is our next event?

Comp2Kids Auction4Kids 2008
Date: Monday, 3 March 2008
Tickets available online starting January 15, 2007. Click here for more information or to buy tickets.

Who are we?

Comp2Kids is a non-profit organization founded in March of 2001 by a group of IT professionals who were concerned about bridging the digital divide for children in underserved schools. Inspired by the limitless opportunities to learn through technology, Comp2Kids works with Per Scholas to continuously provide personal computers for every student and teacher within entire inner city public schools. In addition, Comp2Kids organizes volunteer IT professionals to train and educate students, parents, and teachers. Comp2Kids and Per Scholas strive to integrate technology into the lives of all children regardless of socioeconomic status.

What is the “digital divide?”

The term "digital divide" refers to the gap between those who can access and effectively use new information and communication tools (i.e. computers and the internet), and those who cannot. To be on the less favorable side of the divide means that there is less opportunity to take part in our new information-based economy, in which most jobs minimally requires basic computer skills. It also means that there is less opportunity to take part in the education, training, markets, entertainment and communications opportunities that are available online. Now that a large number of people habitually use the internet to conduct all of these activities and more, the disadvantage for people who lack access to these tools has become exponentially wider.

Who is Per Scholas?

Per Scholas is a nonprofit social venture dedicated to making the benefits of computer technology available to underprivileged communities. For the past decade, Per Scholas has been reconditioning gently used Pentium III computers, so that they can be sold at an affordable price to low-income families.

Click here to find out more about Per Scholas.

On Saturday May 13th, 2006, Comp2Kids handed out its 1000th computer at Crotona Park West Middle School! The lucky recipient was Symone Wright, who will also receive free internet service for one year. To commemorate this monumental event, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr. spoke before the parents, students, & faculty about the need for all New York City children to have access to technology. As a strong supporter of technology and education, Mr. Carrión has appropriated $3 million for projects that incorporate computer use into the curriculum in public schools. He has also funded portable science labs and computer labs across the Bronx.