Edoovillage #2414 - Kenya, Nairobi: Computers For School (C4S)

Computers for School is one of Engineers Without Borders (EWB)’s digitalization project aiming to reduce the digital gap since economic,
social, and political life in the 21st century will be increasingly digital, and those without Information and
communication technologies will be increasingly excluded.
During the project a EWB-team installs computer labs at schools as well as train teachers in basic computer
knowledge. Raspberry Pi's are chosen as client computers since they are cheap, energy efficient, and have no
moving parts. During the training part the goal is to make the teachers feel safe in their computer literacy so that
they can use computers as educational tools as well as teach students computer basics.
The project is not only important for the local communities, furthermore it is a project to strive to achieve goals
in Agenda 2030 like quality education and reduced inequality.

Currently they own two computers and only three out of ten teachers know some computer basics. The teachers need to (1) keep progress records, (2) train pupils to become computer literate (which is a requirement in the new Competance Based Curriculum from the Ministry Education) and (3) teach computer basics to the remaining members of the Asulma Center.