The project focuses on providing underprivileged youth with access to basic computer skills and access to technology. Our target is to train 3,536 youth over the course of 221 days with basic and intermediate computer literacy skills. When learners exit the programme they should be comfortable using a computer and the basic functions of Microsoft Office. Learners should be able to do basic research on the internet.
The "homework gap," or the barriers students face when working on homework assignments without a reliable Internet source at home. This gap has widened as an increasing number of schools incorporate Internet-based learning into daily curriculum.
Kids from a young age will have outside of school access to broadband, The project focuses on providing underprivileged youth with access to basic computer skills and access to technology. We have found that in order to uplift and assist in the development of the community, there are 3 critical challenges that need to be addressed. These are: 1. Access to Information 2. Skills and Knowledge Transfer 3. High Cost of Accessing Information
Due to the high unemployment rate in South Africa as well as the ever-broadening income gap, internet access, computer skills and quality education have been forced to move further down the priority list for low- or no-income households. We believe that this can be changed. We aim to do this by providing the first Technology Hub in Eldorado Park, by focusing our efforts on addressing the above challenges with a long-term solution that provides underprivileged youth with a safe place to learn.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
