[linuxola] projects

[Theo Schmidt]

Weitergeleitet von Michel:

hallo,

Nach meiner diskussion mit einem teil der ltsp bamenda project, habe ich 
2 projekte bekommen. Sie sind geschrieben von den StudentInnen.

Mein vorgehen:

ich gehe wahrscheinlich ende Dezember in Cameroon und ich werde zuerst 
anschauen udn diskuiteren, wie, was weitergeht.
Ich erachte als sehr wichtig, eine DEMOKRATISCHE struktur, gekoppelt mit 
einer OFFENEN information erreichen, um ähnliche Zustände wie es war und 
immer noch herrscht zu vermeiden.

bis morgen


michel


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PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE CAMEROON
(P.C.D.I)
(REACHING THE POOREST OF THE POOR)

Computer Institute for Orphans and Vulnerable Children


PROJECT ON BRIDGING THE DIGITAL GAP


Submitted by:

FRANCIS CHENYI K.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
P.C.D.I CAMEROON
E-mail: pcdi_cam at yahoo.com
Or
E-mail: frankchenyi at yahoo.com

Cell:  751 67 81 0R 723 31 61
	


PROJECT SUMMARY

PCDI is currently running a pilot Information Technology center at Ndop 
in Ngo-Ketunjia division. Ngo-Ketunjia is one of the seven divisions 
that make up the North West province of Cameroon
About 95 percent of the people in Ngo-ketunjia lack access to IT 
services, either for learning or for communication, which further fuels 
the “Vicious Cycle of Poverty”. A lack of access to IT services also 
hinders the ability for youths to join the train of globalization hence 
masses rural exodus to big towns without any body to assist them thereby 
increasing the number of stress children.
  Information Technology serves as a means to empower the poor 
especially women and youths, and provides a valuable tool to assist the 
economic development process. Mindful of the fact that the poorest of 
the poor are found in this rural areas and women and youths are very 
enterprising but they most often lack access to IT institutions because 
there are very expensive, PCDI Cameroon seeks to address this problem by 
soliciting and distributing computers/small IT equipment and making 
available appropriate technologies to promote learning. Targeting women 
and youths will therefore help to improve the level of household income 
and also increase computer/IT literacy.  An IT scheme of this nature 
will be of great help to them since it will give room for them to 
discover how/why the world is a global village.

It is in this light that PCDI Cameroon took the challenge to rekindle 
hope in these infected persons, widows and the less privileged youths by 
training them in computer and IT literacy for free.

Furthermore, we need capital grants and equipments to give them as loans 
to settle them into their own small IT workshops after their period of 
training.  This will ensure sustainability.

Our greatest challenge is the need for more computers and IT equipments 
for the youths to practice with to avoid them queuing up and waiting to 
take turns on fewer machines donated by members.


TARGETED GROUP
PCDI Cameroon has embarked to work with the less privileged women and 
youths, especially widows and orphans



EXPECTED RESULTS

At the end of the training these youths are able to set into economic 
activities by being able to manage their own small IT workshops.


SUPPORT
We rely on Churches, existing Organizations and well-wishers.


BACKGROUND
The Partners for Community Development Initiative group was born out of 
an initiative to foster the living standard of less privileged persons 
in villages and to free them from HIV/AIDS.  Members met to discuss the 
plight of the youths and widows in rural areas especially orphans and 
discovered that they are actually at risk because idleness can lead them 
to unwanted pregnancies or HIV/AIDS.  Members then decided to come up 
with a policy to open an IT center for these youths and widows and after 
one to four years training, funds and equipments will be soughted to 
raise start up capital for them because training alone would not have 
achieved the goals.

Africa is a blessed continent with immeasurable God-given resources that 
could be converted into tools for poverty reduction, but many of its 
people suffer from abject poverty.  One aim of PCDI is to address this 
human suffering by promoting sustainable development.  Members noted 
that aid is important but can be destructive if people develop a begging 
mentality.  PCDI enables people to address their own needs and to 
contribute to sustainable economic development and nation building.
Members resolved that PCDI would ensure that there is no discrimination 
in offering the services to youths and widows alike.


ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability is the ability to continue operations even after funding 
and dependency on donor ceases.  Some one added that it is always good 
to stress the need to research dropouts as an indicator in impact 
assessment when reaching the poor.
Capital grants/equipments to be sourced will be given to them as loans 
to settle them into their own workshops after their period of training. 
A public computer/IT documentation and Internet cyber café will be 
provided to serve the people. The income from these will ensure 
sustainability of the project.


MISSION
PCDI Cameroon seeks to create a society in which every Person is 
celebrating as a unique and valued creation of God and is encouraged to 
fulfill his/her full potentials.


OBJECTIVES

-Bridge the digital gap between the youths in rural areas by soliciting 
and distributing computers/small IT equipment and making available 
appropriate technologies to promote learning
-Create and run computer study centers to assist youths especially OVC 
join the train of globalization.

Our priority needs:

1Computers both desk and laptops (from Pentium 1 and above) to be use 
for training/distributed as loans to graduates.
2Printers and inks
3Photocopy machines
4Scanners
5Accessories (hard drives, memory chips, mouse’s, floppy drives, spare 
monitors, CD and DVD writers, RJ45 connectors, TV cards, sound cards, 
Network cards, motherboards and processors)
6Digital Cameras/Video.


CONCLUSION
Income generated from the public documentation and cyber café will be 
used to pay rents, repair the machines and give allowances to the trainers.


We equally teach hard ware maintenance and V-Sat technology.


Thank you for your generosity and May God bless us all.