Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Areas
Education in Haiti
SummaryTo provide hundreds of students in rural schools in surrounding areas of Leogane, the opportunity to use computers and gain access to educational resources that otherwise are completely out of reach.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $3,415 was raised for this project. |
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
To overcome poverty and function effectively in the emerging global economy, one must master a new set of knowledge and competencies. These include basic academic skills such as literacy, foreign language, math and science skills and the ability to use information and communication technology. We plan to use computers, software, videos and other audio-visual equipment as tools for improving basic skills in reading and writing and for providing comprehensive training in the use of computers.
Activities
We will operate the computer lab as a library where students enrolled in any school in the rural area can come in and sign up for computer lab usage. For the most part, the students will make their own discoveries of things to do on the computer.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,415
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 $3,415 . The original project funding goal was $20,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Students will learn how to create, apply, analyze and synthesize knowledge working individually or in groups to accomplish computer-based projects. Effective use of technology will lead to significant gains in reading and language skills.
Project Message
Haiti can best be described as "A tale of two cities" - the cities vs the rural areas. All my life, I've wanted to even the playing field for people in the rural areas whom they call "the outsiders."
- Guirlaine Celius, Board member and Program Director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Guirlaine Celius
Program Director
326 Hoe Avenue
Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076
United States
(908) 322-6364
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Haiti Community Development Inc. (HCDI)
326 Hoe Avenue
Scotch Plains,
New Jersey
7076
United States
(908) 582-2737
http://www.hcdi-community-dev.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Haiti
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 3, 2004
