Refugee School Receives Computers
The Mohomou Refugee School in N'Zerekore, Guinea, recently received fourteen computers for the school, with the help of RESPECT. The computers were donated by students in the United States and Canada and will be used in the community to create computer literacy and eventually to give this community access to the internet.
The computers will mainly be used by students from the seventh grade to the twelfth grade, teachers and selected community members. The challenges they face now are to get a power generator to serve the centre, and to get access to the internet.
Reverend Seth A. Kumi from the Church of Pentecost, Guinea, travelled from N'Zerekore to Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to receive the computers and bring them to the school. Reverend Kumi said it took him four weeks and a lot of money and frustration to finally take delivery of the computers. He had to put up with documentation problems and unwillingness on the part of customs officials to release the computers.
Language barriers also created a problem but Reverend Kumi finally took delivery and transported the computers to the school. He says the students were overjoyed and for some it was the first time to lay eyes on a computer. He thanked RESPECT for the computers and said that the students will make good use of it, and expressed the hope that the community will soon be connected to the internet.