Waliggo Computer Center

 In this day and age, technology has become a key to development in both economic, social, and academic arenas. In Africa, technology is at its infant stages and actually most rural areas, it is still un-realized dream. In rural areas, computers are not accessible for many reason: there are no trained personnel to provide these services; people are poor and can not afford to buy home computers, other than in cities, in the rural areas there are no public computer centers. As a result, people do not have any computer skills. Some people don't even know how a computer looks like. Rural schools do not have computers accessible to students. If the school can afford this 'luxury', it will only afford one or two computers for the administration and this is very rare; it's only a handful of schools in the rural areas that even have a computer in the administration offices. Computer skills are essential to acquiring a job; so students from rural schools do not compete favorably on the job market because they possess no computer skills. This raises the rate of unemployment and hinders the development of rural communities.

The Need:

   We are looking for sources of funding to cover the costs of the completing the structures and to purchase computer equipment. We have recieved donated computers from the USA but we need funds to cover the shipping costs. It will cost over $7000 to ship a container of computers and books to Uganda.

Urgent Technology Needs

• Monitors (20)
• Scanners
• Printers
• Educational software
• Overhead projectors
• DVD/VHS players
• Television Sets
• Educational videos/DVDs