ICT promotion for community development in Ghana

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ICT promotion for community development in Ghana

	Summary Linking university students and professors in Ghana and the US to create Community Learning and Technology Centers in schools, metropolitan and rural communities in Ghana. How Donors Like You Helped Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,520 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Student teams are establishing Community Learning and Technology Centers (CLTCs) to provide the average Ghanaian access to ICT. 7 CLTCs have been established so far. Over 50 CLTCs will be established throughout the country over the next 5 years. Funds will be used to employ 4 Community Services Foundation (CSF) staff, provide transportation needs for student teams and prepare CLTC facilities for installation of computer and network equipment.

Activities

CSF, founds CLTCs to work with local school administration and community leaders to prepare a facility, trainers and local management team. CSF then runs the training program for trainers at KNUST.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,520

Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,520as of Jun 09 2004. The original project funding goal was $40,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The target is to establish up to 10 CLTCs every year in the country based on available resources.

Project Message

This project has provided various deprived communities with easy accessibility to the magic of computers and the internet as an avenue for enhancing their development, well being and employability.
- Colonel.(rtd.) Kwasi Opong, Executive Director