By Anna Bunce | Africa SOMA Board Member - Fundraising Officer
Thanks to your generous donations the Elangata Wuas Library and Computer Lab is continuing to flourish. Not only are more and more children, youth and adults being drawn into the library to take computer classes and use the laptops, but this service is having a great impact upon the employability of many youth in the Elangata Wuas area.
This June and July while Kenya's teachers were striking, students in Elangata Wuas flocked to the library to revise for their upcoming exams, making great use of the new revision books, computer lab space and Africa SOMA interns who offered free tutoring. For many of the students having this quiet, well equipped learning space available to them was a saving grace in the stressful period before their standardized exams.
The computer lab classes have continued, attracting many adults and students who have never used a computer before. Isaac's patience and knowledge has been extremely useful as he offers classes focusing on a wide variety of aspects from basic computer use, to how to use Word, to navigating the internet.
With an average monthly attendance of over 1000 community members, we have great confidence in the positive impact the Library and Computer Lab are having on Elangata Wuas' community. Whether it's using the revision books to study for exams, learning a marketable skill on one of the laptops you've helped provide, or simply catching up on the going ons of the world outside Elangata Wuas with the newspapers, the Library and Computer Lab is having a significant impact on the lives of Elangata Wuas residents.
While the donations we have recieved thus far have allowed us to make the computer lab operational, we are still a bit short of our fundraising goal. The money still needed will go towards Issac's salary, allowing him to offer more computer classes and reduce their price, as profits from current computer classes are currently being used to pay his salary. As we continue to fundraise, we want to thank you for your ongoing support of our project.
On behalf of the whole Africa SOMA Team and Elangata Wuas Community - Thank you!
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