To confront this situation, the University has began a campaign to recollect IT material, that will be reconditioned by the School of Engineering (ETSE), that puts in value their technological capacities and their IT engineering excellence.

Thanks to the work of expert staff and students from the ETSE, the devices recollected will have a second life, fomenting sustainability and adapting to current necessities from member of the university community and schools that need resources in order to continue with their education and reconnecting with the world.

Without Pcs nor other digital devices, many people affected by the DANA are uncommunicated and with serious difficulties to retake their normal activities. Assuring the access to technology is fundamental to reconnect them with society and assuring their education is no longer interrupted.

Contributions can be Pcs, tablets, monitors or peripherals no longer used, but that could still be useful. The collecting points are the concierges at the School of Engineering (avenida de la Universitat, s/n, Burjassot), the Faculty of Physiotherapy (calle Gascó Oliag, 5, València) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (avenida dels Tarongers, 4b, València).

The Vice-Principal for Sustainability, Cooperation and Healthy Life, Pilar Serra, underlines that through this campaign, the University “not only answers to an emergency, but also promotes sustainability, giving a second life to technological devices and reducing electric waste”. For the Vice-Principal, “restabilising the access to technology for the families and schools affected by the DANA is key in order to avoid more interruptions in the educative process and assuring equal opportunities on learning”.