Project: COMPS FOR SCHOOLS
The project empowers primary and branch schools across Croatia with refurbished computers, helping bridge the digital divide, create more equal learning opportunities, and strengthen students’ digital skills. By prioritizing schools with the greatest needs, the project will foster more inclusive education while promoting the reuse of IT equipment and environmental sustainability.
Supports:
- Responsible consumption – Reduce waste, reuse resources, and recycle
- Education & Inclusion – Expand access to learning, information, and digital tools
- Equality for All – Promote fairness across gender, age, choices and ability
The problem
Many primary and branch schools lack sufficient access to suitable computer equipment for effective teaching and the development of digital skills. At the same time, companies regularly replace computers that, with professional refurbishment and testing, can continue to serve educational purposes for several more years.
The project addresses both challenges by helping reduce the digital divide and improving access to quality computer equipment in schools, while promoting responsible consumption through the reuse, refurbishment, and extended lifespan of functional IT equipment.
This approach helps reduce electronic waste, make more efficient use of existing resources, and encourage more sustainable technology practices. At the same time, it supports better learning conditions, more equitable access to digital tools, and the development of essential digital skills.
The solution
Kompići collaborates with companies and institutions that donate used IT equipment. All collected equipment is inventoried, inspected, upgraded, and tested, with refurbishment carried out where necessary. Operating systems and essential software are installed under appropriate licences to ensure that the computers are ready for classroom use.
Primary and branch schools across Croatia are selected based on their identified needs, with priority given to those with the greatest need for computer equipment. Each selected school receives a set of 10 computers, monitors, keyboards, and mice, ready for use in teaching and learning.
Donor funding covers the costs of equipment refurbishment and testing, transportation, and a portion of the organization’s operating expenses. This support enables project implementation, responsible resource management, and the provision of functional computer equipment to schools that need it most.
The project brings together digital inclusion, equal access to educational opportunities, and more sustainable technology use. By extending the useful life of existing equipment and reducing the need to purchase new devices, it also helps minimize electronic waste and promotes responsible consumption and reuse of IT resources.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION KOMPIĆI
www.kompici.org
Kompići is a humanitarian non-profit organization that collects used IT equipment from companies and institutions, inspects and refurbishes it, and donates it free of charge to children, families, and educational institutions in need.
All donated equipment is professionally refurbished, tested, and equipped with an up-to-date operating system, supporting reliable performance for an estimated 3–5 years. The organization’s work promotes digital inclusion, improves access to educational opportunities, and encourages the responsible reuse of IT equipment.
Particular attention is given to schools and communities with the greatest needs. Through this approach, the organization helps make technology more accessible, supports more equitable learning opportunities, reduces electronic waste, and promotes the responsible use of existing resources.