Mois : mars 2011

IT Schools Africa.org ITSA

Linked with Computers for African Schools CFAS;

  • An IT education is vital for African school children in the modern world. IT skills are increasingly in demand by business and global economy and are paramount to securing good jobs and improving standards of living.
  • Furthermore, with access to the internet, school children can widen their understanding of the world around them, and they can link up with other schools abroad improving cross-cultural communication.
  • … thanks to the programme, most state secondary schools now have a computer lab and teachers in these schools have been trained … (full text Why IT for Africa).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Aims; How we work; Schools; UK Partners; ITSA Progress Map; News, Events; FAQs; Links; How you can help;
IT Training Centre /Overview:
Map and Address: IT Schools Africa.org, Unit 8, Mead Park Industrial Estate, Mead Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7EF, UK;
Contact.

The ITSA story: ITSA was established in 2004 to accelerate education in Africa with a vision to address the problem of textbook shortages in African schools.   Continuer la lecture de « IT Schools Africa.org ITSA »

Computers for African Schools CFAS

Registered Charity 1081900 – a project of IT Schools Africa.org. – Linked with IT Schools Africa.org ITSA.

Knowledge of computers and Information Technology is essential in the modern world. Moreover, computer programs can now provide the most powerful teaching aids ever devised, at a cost far less than even the cheapest textbooks. Teaching aids and texts in local languages can be provided much more cheaply on disk than in print … (Country programmes 1/2).

Homepage;
Donors, Sponsors; How to help; Links;
Address for Material delivery: IT Schools Africa.org ITSA, Unit 8, Mead Road Industrial Estate, Mead Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7EF, UK;
Contacts online.

Country programmes 2/2: … Through the Internet schools can now link into what is in effect the greatest reference library there has ever been – and without political or other censorship. Continuer la lecture de « Computers for African Schools CFAS »

Build Africa.org

Our mission: Build Africa works exclusively in rural areas of Uganda and Kenya to help young people escape poverty through education and income generation.
What we do: In education we work within local development plans to:

  • Help build the capacity of schools, communities and local government staff to work together to improve data collection, planning, monitoring and evaluation at school level, resulting in a ‘school development plan’;
  • Provide training and mentoring of school management committees for better school governance;
  • Carry out teacher training; and
  • Construct classrooms, water supplies, toilets, teacher accommodation, staff rooms, resource centres, as well as provide books, desks, etc. … (full text Our Strategy).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Build a school; Build an income; Where we work; Accessibility; Newsletter; Reports, Accounts; Our people; Jobs; Support us;
Addresses (1 of 3): Build Africa, Block 245, Plot 421 Kiwuliriza Zone, Lower Muyenga, off Gaba Road, PO Box 7224, Kampala, Uganda;
Contacts.

About 2/2: Build Africa is a dynamic charity working in rural Uganda and Kenya to help young people escape poverty through education and income generation.  Continuer la lecture de « Build Africa.org »