Description

The creation of a computer classroom to give young people in the community access to new technologies.

Social counterpart

COOPERATIVA AUGUSTO CESAR SANDINO (COMULACS), AND CECOCAFEN.

Collaborators

INATEC (National Institute that regulates technology studies), MINED (Ministry of Education), Municipality El Tuma La Dalia.

With the support of

Terrassa City Council.

What do we fund?

During the follow-up visit of the scholarship project, the young people asked us for a computer classroom, in order to be trained in new technologies and to have better access to the world of work. The total lack of knowledge in the use of computers limited their access to jobs, as well as their access to certain university studies.

In 2012 we started the project, initially with a rented room, and then the municipality gave us a classroom in the Tuma educational centre, a central location to provide good access to the young people. The photocopier could not be installed in this room, as the electrical system was very unstable. The idea of the photocopier was to be able to provide a service to raise money for the maintenance of the computer room.

At the end of 2013, an agreement was reached with the Municipality of El Tuma La Dalia to work together with the local organisation COMULACS and CECOCAFEN in the creation of a commission to study requests for computer courses and to provide a classroom in the Benajmin Zeledon secondary school, where the computer classroom could be installed. In addition, an agreement was signed with INATEC (National Institute that regulates technology studies) and MINED (Ministry of Education), where they took charge of the teaching staff, extending shifts from 1 to 5, adding English classes and opening a university degree in computer science.

When does it end?

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