Provide Solar Technology & Basic Computer Training

Dear friends, donors and well-wishers,

For the past three months, more pupils have been trained in the school, 140 students in total attended computer classes, 40 from the neighboring villages and 100 students from our school.  Subjects they studied included computer basics; Windows operating system, and Microsoft Office Software, including Word, Excel and Power Point.  These students, after graduating from their computer classes are better equipped to obtain a job with their newly acquired skills.  The school year just closed and included in this report are a few photos taken at the end of the semester / graduation day.

2012 is bringing many more opportunities to students who want to study computers, as the Bitame Lucia School has plans to enroll more students in the months to come.  We are excited about the open door to help prepare these children for life in our computer-enabled society. Thank you for supporting this project.

Upcoming Father's Day Gift Suggestion: In closing, we wanted to let you know of the on-going opportunity to make a donation in honor of the special person in your life.  A donation to this project is a fantastic (and easy) gift for Dad on Father’s Day!  You can make a donation as a gift to your Dad on this project by selecting the third giving option, “gift or in honor of,” under the orange donate button on the project page. GlobalGiving will then send your Dad or the gift recipient an email, print-at-home, or physical card. GlobalGiving offers several fun card designs and you will have the option of choosing a design customized for this project, using the project’s main photo (this option is available for email and print-at-home cards).

Fathers - you can also request this as your Father's day gift!

Make your donation in Father's honor and support a great cause today!

Thanks again for all you do to help provide computer training!

As shared in our last report, the class 4 and 5 pupils have learned to produce the school newsletters and class registers. They are able to register data for each pupil such as birthdays, absentees, role calls, sick permission etc. The children have developed data on the tree planting exercises that were carried out around the school environment and the surrounding communities. This amazing success is due, in large part, to your generosity.

Apart from the Bitame Lucia School pupils close to 40 children in the past three months from the neighboring communities have been trained in the computer room, and this has gone a long way to bring a change in the community and the way children and parents look at communication and computer education. Bearing in mind that, it has been introduced in the national school curriculum in Cameroon from Primary 1. The generous donations we receive every year go directly to the children and community and help to provide a better future for them. 

In the ICT competition among primary schools that was organized in the Mefou - Afamba District where the school is located, the Bitame Lucia School came first, and the parents were greatly impressed.  Parents from neighboring communities are coming up to enroll their children.

We thank you very much for your continued support, in keeping this centre moving.

Want to help be a part of making more change happen?  Starting at 12:00 am EDT on Wednesday March 14th, GlobalGiving will be matching all donations made through www.globalgiving.org (including this project) up to $1,000 per donor at 30%. 

This means that your donation of $100 will be supersized and become $130!  $1000 will become $1300.  This is an amazing opportunity to make your donations go even further and help us do even more.  We would so very much appreciate your support - that will help us continue to provide training to these children.  Thanks for your support. 

Thank you change maker!