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We're helping - Ghana
In Ghana we work with the Institute of Computer Technology, which was established in 1998 as a non-profit organisation to offer Ghanaian children an opportunity to learn IT skills. They build computer classrooms in schools, equipping them with air conditioning, furniture and PCs.
The ICT also provide every classroom with teachers whom they recruit, train and pay. There are now around 72,000 children with access to computer classes, each with 60 to 80 PCs.
Every little helps...
Believe it or not, even a keyboard on its own is of great use. The teachers use these to help the children become familiar with the layout and start learning keyboard skills. Furthermore, the ICT are also very resourceful people. We send then working components (such as floppy disks) from non-functioning PCs which they use either as spare parts or for building working PCs.
...and we want to do more.
Cynics may argue that we're using Ghana as a landfill site. This simply isn't true because virtually nothing is wasted. Inevitably though, items will become beyond use and we accept there will be a need to dispose of them properly. Work has already begun to help the ICT create a material recycling facility - it'll help to preserve their environment and, by offering it as a commercial facility, it's hoped we can generate revenue to build more computer classrooms.
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