Computer Centre Continues to Grow
The computer centres recently set up in Northern Uganda and Guinea have benefited recently from the kindness of the people at New Scientist magazine. In response to a request from RESPECT, several back copies of their magazine, as well as CD-ROMs containing electronic versions of the magazine from 1989 to 2000 have been donated. These will shortly be sent out to the two computer centres and added to their resource libraries.
Mohomou Refugee School's computer centre was created in an attempt to widen the school curriculum, which currently consists only of maths, and to give the two thousand junior and senior high students studying there access to the internet and the wider world. Donations to the centre have come via RESPECT, in particular in the form of money from Michigan's LeValley United Methodist Church and Mohomou's partner school, Palo Community School. The latter, whose students communicate via letter with many of the students in Guinea, is also raising money to help send supplies to the school there.
For more information on Mohomou Refugee School, see their website: www.romero-online.com/respect/mohomou/.
Copies of New Scientist have also been sent to the Agoro Community Development Association, as part of their Computers for Refugees project. Having received machines from Computer Aid International, they have been able to expand their computer centre to a bigger room.
For more information on ACDA: www.romero-online.com/respect/acda/acda/about.shtml.
More resources are always needed for developing projects such as the computer centres, and any external resources, such as the magazines and CD-ROMs, will be gratefully received.