David,
let me join you.
BETHUEL KIAY
0725658874
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> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:43:18 +0300
> From: David Mugo <raidarmax(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update
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> Fellow Wikimedians...
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> After a few days of calls and trying to explain a lot on phone, today I did
> my first visit which is the first day in a 2 day previsit. I managed to
> visit 5 schools today and there might be more work than we think. The need
> goes beyond just resources into the computer lab... there is no computer
> lab, even in the schools where they teach computers.
>
> *Shimo la Tewa High School:*
> Nice reception of the idea, they are ready for us next week and they have 20
> computers in their lab that are functional.
>
> *Sheikh Khalifah*
> Big computer lab, lots and lots of monitors (I think almost 40) and only 5
> functional computers, which the computer teacher said he could not guarantee
> that if we come next week they will be ok as they often break down and there
> is no proper maintenance undertaken.
>
> *Mombasa Light Academy*
> I think the best computer lab I have seen around, 260 computers and a very
> high class of students. All computers have internet access and students have
> access to the labs and are actually allowed to bring their own computers and
> use the internet which has some sites like facebook filtered. Feedback for
> our project: They are way beyond us... so, we will not be helping anyone
> with an offline version - even after I explained that we had a version that
> was specifically filtered for educational purposes.
>
> *Maweni Secondary School, Nyali*
> Government school with only 2 computers for the computer lab, they asked if
> we could source computers to equip their lab. If not, it doesnt make sense
> to them.
>
> *Oshwal Academy - Senior School*
> Nice computer labs, nice reception too, I have an appointment with their
> head of IT tomorrow to install on one of their machines so that they can
> review and decide if they actually need it, but they are positive and it
> will most likely be one of the institutions we cover. Computer lab has 76
> nice computers.
>
> On a general observation, we might need to get a little more ambitious with
> our project by taking the challenge of looking for organizations willing to
> support creating and improving of computer labs in our schools, am sure they
> are there and with resources and time, we can surely get them and achieve a
> very important goal. Meanwhile, tomorrow I have other 6 schools to visit in
> the Mombasa city centre and I will have my final report on this tomorrow.
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> David Mugo,
> ICT & E-Commerce Consultant,
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http://majibu.com
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