Thanks in part to your support six months of computer training was provided to 44 young adults that were directly and indirectly affected by the flood and mudslide disaster in Aug 2017.  Of the 44 students, 28 of them received certificates of completion at a Certificate Award Ceremony held this past month.

We greatly appreciate your continued support of computer skills training in Sierra Leone.  One of the current students, Amos, tells us in this video how he can use Microsoft Word 

Good afternoon, I am Amos and I am a beneficiary of the Develop Africa Sierra Leone Computer Class.  I started attending the class three months back and so far I have benefited a lot from this class.

We greatly appreciate your continued support of computer skills training in Sierra Leone.  One of the current students, Umu shows us how she has learned to use Microsoft Word in this video and tells us how the Computer Training Center has impacted her life:

As part of our process of equipping and empowering youths, we are delighted to announce a new partnership with LearningOnline.xyz. This partnership will extend and improve our computer training program.

Thanks to your support, the FAWE students are receiving the vital computer training that they need.  Proficiency in computers in schools, workplaces and in the society as a whole is an absolute requirement for success in today's technology-aided society. Exposing kids especially girls at a younger age plays a very vital role as it helps them to have the basics in computing and also giving them the opportunity to overcome the challenge of computer illiteracy at a very young age.

Your support helped the students at Bitame Lucia School (BLIS) receive some computer training.   Many of these children had never seen a computer before the training.  Computer Training is an ongoing need for children in and around the community as it helps to eradicate poverty by enhancing education, broadening options and opening the door to new opportunities. 

Your ongoing support is currently helping 30 students get the computer training they need.  As technology becomes a mainstay in the private and public sectors, most decent paying jobs require proficiency in computers and thanks to your ongoing support the computer lab is continuing to help more youths become computer proficient. 

Thanks so much for your support which helped us purchase the Rasberry Pi 3 computers.  You can see some of the computers and one of them in operation in the included photos.

We are in the process of doing some software updates before shipping them out. This will include some software from the Web Unplugged site - http://oer2go.org.  

We are extremely grateful to two volunteers who have worked on this project. They have been amazing.

Thanks to your support, several students are receiving the vital computer training that they need. This training, along with the new skills they are acquiring, will open the door to new opportunities.