Implementation Plan
MALAWI (1): Malowa Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Chipoka, Salima being assisted by a Peace Corps Volunteer. (Implementation Plan) Deposit Received: $0. Contact: Katlyn Saley. They are seeking 12 computers as a project of Let Girls Learn to connect 500 youth from the school and community through an internet café. This will be our 3rd project funded by Let Girls Learn. All of the computers will be connected during the first year. [WCE Development Officers for Malawi: Eric Frothingham, Vincent Ndhlovu and Chiagozie Christopher Uchenwa. WCE Regional Manager for East & Southern Africa: Jon Holland.] in book, summary, eNews but not yet in Partners
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Here is a summary of the project being implemented under a Let Girls Learn proposal.
This project aims to fund the purchase and installation of 12 computers in an already constructed building at Malowa Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Chipoka, Salima. With a fully equipped computer center, Malowa CDSS will be able to hold computer literacy workshops with a target audience focused on female youth, as well as offer Computer Studies courses, a subject that is offered for testing on the Malawi School Certification Exam. Beyond this, access to the computer center will be available to community members in the afternoon as an Internet Café, allowing for diversification of skill sets through access to electronic based resources for out target audience, and others, and ultimately increase employment opportunities and competiveness in further education for those who attend our computer courses. Malowa CDSS, and the partner PCV, will conduct a computer literacy training for all 14 teachers, as well as 2 school support staff at the school to ensure the sustainability of the project and to create strong male and female leaders within the school. During the construction of the physical building, which is now complete, the school and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) with the school were very active in contributing materials, transport, and labor. Overall, this project will help educational development through teacher training, with special interest at decreasing disparity in female educational attainment.
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Katlyn Saley, Peace Corps Malawi Volunteer
Email:
Phone: +265 991 530 237
Malowa Community Day Secondary School, Chipoka, Salima, Malawi
1. What is your plan for the use of these computers? Please let us know if you have any special programs for ensuring girl access to computers. Are any of the following involved with your project: Peace Corps, iEARN, or Rotary?
The computers will be going to a community day secondary school where students will have access to the computer lab through classes in computer studies. Before the start of computer study classes there will be training with all teachers at the school to ensure sustainability of the project. There will also be specific programs focusing on educating female youth in computer literacy. In the afternoons the computers will be open to community members through an Internet Café, which will help fund the fees of maintaining and using the computers. This project is being implementing by a Peace Corps Volunteer with collaboration of Malowa Day Secondary School.
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3. What is the physical address and contact information at the site(s) where these computers will be installed? Please also include your website address, charity registration number, and date of charitable registration if you have these.
Malowa Community Day Secondary School
PO Box 2
Chipoka, Salima
Malawi
4. How many different youth up to age 24 do you estimate will use these computers per year? How many of these will be female?
The enrollment of the school is 350 students, about 180 being female. On top of that youth from the community will have access to the computer center in the afternoons. An estimate is that 500 students will have access to these computers per year, with about 300 of them being females.
5. How and when do you expect that these computers will be connected to the internet? What % will be connected by the end of year one and what % by the end of year two?
Once the computers have arrived in Malawi, and are installed at the school we hope to have all of them connected to the Internet within a month. All computers should be connected within the first year.
6. Who will repair the computers when they need it? (For example, at installation, up-to 10% usually need minor repairs after their shipment.)
There are a number of computer experts in Salima (29km) from the school, that the school has contacts for if the computers need repairs.
7. What was your budget for last year?
Because this is a project coming from the funding of a Let Girls Learn proposal there is not a budget from last year.
8. Where (or with what company) specifically will you dispose of the computer equipment when it no longer works?
There is a company in Salima called Vision Communication Center who collects, refurbishes, and disposes computers.
9. How did you hear of World Computer Exchange?
From another PCV in Malawi, Corey Sugerik
10. Are you going to charge any fees to youth for the use of these computers? (if yes, how much?)
During school hours students will not be charged, however, a portion of their school fees will go to running the computers. For the use of the Internet Café community members/youth will be charged 15 Malawian Kwatcha per minute to use Internet.