This project aims to provide e-Learning opportunities for 125 underprivileged Filipino students, including out-of-school youth (OSY) in the slums of Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City, Philippines. Access to interactive e-Learning computer center for children right in their neighborhood will help them finish their elementary or high school studies and acquire lifelong learning skills, an effective way in helping them become productive adults, and break away from the vicious cycle of poverty.
Urban poor families in the Philippines make ends meet by working as street vendors, household help, or as construction workers - earning about $2 a day - hardly enough for daily meals of a family of six. Extreme poverty hinders most children to finish their studies; community public schools cannot provide access to e-Learning for their students since most kids do not have access to computer in their studies, further contributing to the eternal cycle of poverty in these informal settlements.
UPSITF will help provide access to e-Learning to enhance the quality of teaching by enhancing the learning environment and helping maintain the Computer Center within the neighborhood. Interactive and updated e-Learning and computer facilities will help 125 urban poor Filipino kids to learn from basic to advanced computer skills and equip them with the necessary skills to become productive, empowered adults in this fast paced digital world.
We aim to bridge the digital divide and address the escalating illiteracy rate of underprivileged Filipino children through e-Learning, and ultimately help these poor families break out of the poverty cycle. This pilot project will serve as model showcase to be replicated in other slum areas and in the long run help more Filipino children gain access to these e-Learning modules, acquire lifelong learning skills and finish their studies that will help them get good jobs in the future.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
