One laptop at a time. One child at a time. One future at a time.
What if the old laptop sitting in your cupboard or at the back of your office could change a child’s life forever?
We’re asking for your help to collect 40 gently used laptops to give Cambodian children their first-ever access to digital education
"Last December, I had the privilege of volunteering in Cambodia with an extraordinary organisation Cows for Cambodia.
What I encountered was deeply humbling. A community overflowing with spirit, resilience, and kindness while grappling with the raw, daily realities of poverty. We built homes, helped in schools, delivered cows to families, and shared meals with children who, despite having so little, smiled like they had everything.
It changed me."
Behind the breath-taking temples and bustling tourism lies a vastly different Cambodia, one where rural families survive on less than $2 a day and where children often leave school early, not because they want to, but because they have to help in the fields.
Most have never seen a computer, let alone used one.
Under the Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), nearly a quarter of the population was killed, including teachers, doctors, and anyone seen as educated. This brutal legacy left the country with a broken education system and two missing generations, making today’s efforts to rebuild through learning more vital.
But education is their lifeline. It’s how they break the cycle of poverty.
At Elements Recruitment, we’re proud to step beyond the four office walls and take on the challenge of helping to break the cycle of poverty. One child, one classroom, one laptop at a time. By investing in children’s education today, we’re helping shape the future leaders of Cambodia tomorrow.
This July, I’m heading back to Cambodia with Cows for Cambodia to help at a near-new five-room school and Agricultural Learning Centre in the Banteay Srey region.
Lovingly built by hand, this school provides free education to 150 children and serves a community of over 1,000 people who could benefit from evening classes.
But there’s a missing piece: technology
With your help, we hope to introduce digital literacy to these classrooms and to the wider community. Something that could completely alter the course of a child’s (and their family’s) life.
We’re aiming to collect at least 40 gently used laptops, along with other items that could support digital learning.
By donating an unused laptop, you’re doing so much more than clearing out clutter. You’re giving a child or an entire family a chance to learn, dream, and change their world.
By donating your unused tech, you’re enabling:
This is more than tech.
This is dignity, confidence, and opportunity.
Cows for Cambodia is known for its brilliant cow donation program. When a cow is donated and becomes pregnant, the family keeps the calf and passes the mother cow on to another family. It’s a cycle of sustainability and it works.
So while a laptop opens a world of information, a cow lifts a family from hunger to income. Both offer pride, independence and real hope.
Do you have a laptop or unused tech to donate? Please reach out to me directly at: ulusk@elementsrecruitment.com.au or 0414 921 649.
No tech? You can still help by funding a teacher or a student’s desk.
This is more than just a campaign. It’s a way to connect two worlds. One with excess & one with untapped potential to create something extraordinary in between.
Thank you, truly for reading and considering this.
Together, we can deliver more than just laptops. We can deliver hope, skills and a pathway to a brighter future.
Warm regards,
Urszula Lusk
Co-Founding Director
Elements Recruitment
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