Ghana, Sawla: NASCO ICT Feeding minds to help provide universal computer access and print literature for students and educators

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Ghana, Sawla: NASCO ICT Feeding minds to help provide universal computer access and print literature for students and educators

Location

St. Augustine’s Cluster of Schools, Box 13
Sawla , NO
Ghana
9° 16' 31.0008" N, 2° 24' 51.9984" W
See map: Google Maps
Northern Region GH
Coordinating hub(s): 
Labdoo Hub Barcelona Amics de Gracia
Labdoo School Hub Vilanova - Institut Baix a Mar
Labdoo Hub Barcelona @I2CAT Campus Nord
Project title: 
NASCO ICT Feeding minds to help provide universal computer access and print literature for students and educators
Photo album: 
Ghana, Sawla: NASCO ICT Feeding minds to help provide universal computer access and print literature for students and educators - Photo Album
Number of teachers: 
2
Number of students: 
876
On-site point of contact: 

Ousman Umar and Benasco Umar

Project description: 

Nasco IT World is an organization founded on the premise that universal primary education is vital to the global community. The mission of Nasco IT World is to provide academic resources and to support educational initiatives in underserved communities by strengthening collaboration between African educators and their global counterparts.
Educational initiatives in these community-based settings provide greater access to technology and other educational resources that promote literacy. Our initiatives provide stepping-stones to opportunity and equality for disadvantaged children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Community technology and literacy programs are new to this region and face significant infrastructural challenges. They need the support of organizations that can provide resources, enhance and document effectiveness of educational programs, and facilitate partnerships. At present, there are very few organizations dedicated to supporting community technology and literacy programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. To make the Republic of Ghana a socio-economic success, especially in the field of skilled manpower in Information Communication Technology with high levels of productivity in Students to meet global competitive education demands. Focus will be on these areas
Increase literacy rates in Ghana’s most underserved societies to global standards.
Help provide universal computer access and print literature for students, educators and their communities. We facilitate donation, transportation, distribution and management of all resources including books and literary support materials.
Foster meaningful interaction between African students/educators and their global counterparts.
 

Project application: 
PDF icon edoovillage-ghana_0.pdf
Status: 
Completed
Semaphore: 
Green: the rest of the dootronics can be sent
Number of dootronics needed: 
55
Local language(s): 
English
Socket voltage: 
220-240 Volts
Socket type: 
B
C
D
G
H
Internet connection type: 
Wired or Wireless
Date it was created: 26/04/13/
Date it was last updated: 18/01/19

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Dootronic ID Country Status Model Serial number Weight
000001439 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Dell Latitude D620 13604263723 3.00Kgms
000001442 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL Latitude D620 13275105643
000001443 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL Latitude D620 9628799275
000001457 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Dell LATITUDE 620 418-638-495-79
000001585 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL LATITUDE D620 42676737067
000001586 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL LATITUDE D505 33914403271
000001589 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Macbook Air C02DXA5KDDQW 1.00Kgms
000001795 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL LATITUDE D600 CN-0D2125-48643-4CF-1603
000002205 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Benq(joybook R55 Series) 9H01S01S0561900578DHR501
000002528 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used acer LXA860551954411E8CEM00
000002529 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used COMPAQ N160 5Y22KHYZ7103
000002558 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used hp CNU73308DJ
000002559 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used hp CNU8281OW4
000002561 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used hp CNU9107TQM
000002562 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used hp CNU9278Q4G
000003096 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Thinkpad T400 TYPE 2768-VFB S/N R8-RNNFY 09/12
000003097 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Thinkpad X200 TYPE 7459-VRX S/N R9-1BVAY 09/12
000003099 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Thinkpad T400 TYPE 2768-VFB S/N R8-RNNGV 09/12
000003101 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Thinkpad T400 TYPE 2768-VFB S/N R8-RNNFR 09/12
000003102 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo Thinkpad T60 TYPE 2008-66G S/N L3-PY232 07/08
000003332 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used lenovo T400 L3-BMM3E 09/03
000003333 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used lenovo T400 R8-RNNFP 09/12
000003335 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo T400 R8-RNNFZ 09/12
000003337 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo T400 R8-PFYB8 09/09
000003338 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo T400 R8-PFYCO 09/09
000004673 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Lenovo SL500 L3-B3057 08/08
000005048 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL LATITUDE D530 8C93P3J
000005049 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL LATITUDE D520 CRYCL2J
000005052 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used DELL LATITUDE D520 534Y73J
000005053 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used LATITUDE D520 CR64B3J
000009950 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Dell 755 Optiplex CN-0U4025-71618-492-A904 5.00Kgms
000010957 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used HP Compaq 8710 CND74109XY 3.40Kgms
000011462 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used G4 IMAC QT251ON1NOS 9.70Kgms
000018192 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used Samsung x05 Z86293CY30063A 3.00Kgms
000018584 Ghana [S4] Deployed and being used hp pavilion dv6 2CE2072882 2.50Kgms

Dootrips

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Dootrip #DepartureOriginDestinationStatusCapacityDootronics assigned
Dootrip #0000000792015-06-14T03:15:00New York, United StatesBarcelona, SpainCompleted21
Dootrip #0000004702017-07-28T10:45:00barcelona, SpainSawla, GhanaCompleted61
Dootrip #0000011812019-07-18T11:00:00Barcelona, SpainSawla, GhanaCompleted102
Dootrip #0000009882019-02-04T08:00:00Barcelona, SpainSawla, GhanaCancelled50
Dootrip #0000025012022-07-06T12:45:00Barcelona, SpainSawla, GhanaPending200

Story

My birthplace

They say that childhood marks you for life though in my case, it was not a time that provided many occasions to flourish. I was born in Africa; in a town called Fiaos; in Ghana; on a Tuesday in 1988. When I was a small child, I did not have much to play with and consequently, I had to make my own toys. When I was thirsty, I had to go to the river to get water. There was nothing in my house so if I wanted to eat fish, I had to go fishing in the river. I was the son of the village shaman and I often went into the jungle in search of plants to cure the illnesses of people in the local area.
My story begins one day whilst after herding animals, I was playing football with my friends. All of a sudden, I saw a plane flying overhead. "I kept thinking, "How can a plane stay up there? If I grab something and throw it in the air, it falls to the ground; how come this plane does not fall? ". I compared it with the toys that I had built for myself which I dragged along the ground in order to make them move. Once, I was even told that only white-skinned people flew in those planes.
From that day onwards, I realised that the world would not be confined by the borders of my birthplace. Thus, I began to ruminate on exploring beyond my village. I conceived of the “white man” as a god because we saw Europe as a paradise. I thought that the “white man” was synonymous with intelligence, a doctor, an engineer... in a word, “superior”. This notion was not necessarily reinforced in my mind but it provided the motivation for my desire to leave home, that is, to acquaint myself with the white race.
A couple of years passed when I got a job in a nearby village. After that experience, I moved to the second city of the country and finally, I made it to the port of the capital, Accra. There, for the first time in my life, I had the luck to watch some T.V. Barça was playing on the T.V. that day. As I actually worked at the port, I would often see ferries, cars and other machines in general. From that moment forth, my interest in gaining knowledge about the white race grew greater and greater. I just had to know how they could create and develop such amazing things.
Back then, I was merely an illiterate 12-year-old kid dreaming of a continent beyond my reach. I used to weld sheet metal and with very steady hands and a small body, I was able to get inside the complex machines and tackle welds that were not simple. One day, I heard about Libya. I was told that if I moved there to work, I would receive a good salary. This was something that seemed impossible because to date in Accra, my labour had only earned me a bowl of rice to eat per day. So of course, I agreed to go.

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