Sai Shettar, a senior at Spring-Ford Area High School in Royersford, has spent the last four years thinking up ways that would help fix problems in his community, according to a staff report from the WHYY.

The seventeen-year-old runs the Philadelphia chapter of World Computer Exchange. The nonprofit refurbishes donated laptops, desktops, iPads, and other devices, outfits them with educational software, and then sends them to those in need.

“One of my main goals with this was to bridge the educational gap that some kids face,” said Shettar.

Shettar got the idea to start a local chapter of the Boston-based organization after volunteering for Team Children, an organization that distributes computers to families in distressed neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.

During his time with Team Children, he learned how to refurbish laptops and equip them with open-source free educational software.

He worked on improving his skills and then went on to launch WCE from the basement of his Montgomery County home.

“Our basement became his WCE headquarters,” said his mother, Vidya.

Since then, Shettar has refurbished over 200 laptops and shipped them all over the globe.

Read more about Spring-Ford Area High School senior Sai Shettar and his volunteer work at WHYY.

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