Waliggo Computer Center

The Computer Technology Center at the Academy is fully equiped with modern computers and network equipment. The Center serves the entire community. Students and teachers from over a dozen local schools are granted access to computer use for free.

Rationale: 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 an un-realized dream. In rural areas, computers are not accessible for many reason:  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; there are no trained personnel to provide these services.

The majority of 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. It's only a handful of schools in the rural areas that even have a computer for the administration. Computer skills are essential to acquiring a job; so students from rural schools can not compete favorably in the job market without any computer skills. This raises the rate of  unemployment and hinders the development of rural communities.

Internet: The computer center is now connected to the internet. It provides access to the worlwide web to the village -- openning up opportunities for students, teachers and local residents to communicate electronically.

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