======================English Version======================(Updated 25-02-2019) Requester Information: (*) is a mandatory field -------------------------------- Requestor’s Name(*): KUSIIMA ANNA CAROLINE Requestor’s Email Address(*): caroline blessed2@gmail.com Your Organization(*): ANSWER THE NEED FOUNDATION Organization Website / Facebook: https://atndfuganda.webs.com/ Your Labdoo account user name (https://www.labdoo.org/user/register): -------------------------------- Project Site: -------------------------------- 1. Project title or name of your school, project, or NGO - A short title or description for your project(*): SOLICITING FOR 5 LAPTOPS TO HELP RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS AND THEIR TEACHERS IN COMPUTER LITERACY SKILLS TO INCREASE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND EASE ACADEMIC MATERIALS DURING AND AFTER THE SCHOOL LOCK-DOWN AND AFTER SCHOOL RE-OPENING.ESS TO AC 2. Project Description - Please explain about your project and how you will use the laptops (*): We are carrying out research in over 100 villages in Hoima aimed at establishing the impact of corona virus on the girl child and also training rural secondary school students and their teachers on computer literacy, use and software information. Covid-19 has united the world in an incredibly unique way. While it is true that everyone has struggled with the fallout of this global pandemic, it has had more serious consequences on some of the most vulnerable populations. Unfortunately, adolescent girls have been among the most adversely affected and for some, life has become downright dangerous. In Hoima city in Uganda, schools have been shuttered for over 10 months with a phased way of reopening and this has left rural secondary schools students with no access to academic information. Without the support system of teachers and school administrators, many girls are left vulnerable and left out as far as education is concerned. The development of education is generally a core component objective in many of the national strategic plans or visions developed by the governments of our developing country. The project is aimed at enabling teachers and students to have knowledge on effective use of ICT at their teaching and learning environment.Currently most if not all schools keep students records in a manual system where it is not easy to have the whole records easily. The organisation believes that through this project will assist on the side of the students to understand the better use of the internet as to facilitate their academic performance. Currently most rural schools in Kitoba subcounty in Hoima, Uganda have no computer laboratories and those that have, the schools are closed due to lock down caused by coronavirus.Secondary school students have been at home for close to one year with no access to any educational material. This project will therefore avail the rural secondary students and their teachers with access to academic materials and information to improve on their academic performance As an organization, we are moving into the rural villages now [to engage girls]. "We want to pick the data of all these adversely affected rural girls so as to provide them with training on better use of the internet as a way to improve education performance in the region. The Internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities,consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols to link several billion devices worldwide,'' says Alinda Herbert Billy, the programs manager, Answer The Need Foundation. 1.Project Goals; The main goal is to promote computer literacy, accessibility and usage of electronic information and resources by rural secondary school going girls during this covid era for their own benefit and inclusion. Create and increase awareness and usage of ICT in data electronic resources for rural secondary girls at village level for enhancement of management,teaching,learning and research activities. How will the laptops be used. The laptops will be used to train rural secondary school teachers on better use of computer and data entry to ease their work of record keeping and also make it easy for them to easily track student academic performance by seeing the graphic trend of a particular student especially in rural neglected schools of Hoima district,Uganda, where such opportunities are not available. The computers will also be used to train rural students on computer use and also access information on better use of the internet to support their academic activities. The laptops will also be used by the organisation to conduct a research on the number of rural secondary school girls affected by school lock down instituted by government as a response to Corona Virus and collect adequate data to avail to government and other bodies who are in position to avail solutions and help to the affected girls. Training on searching techniques,storage and easy use of education resources e.g, textbooks, pamphlets,lecture notes,audio and videos. These are always available on the internet and most of them are free but can not be accessed by these secondary school rural girls since they are computer illiterate. The laptops will also be used to train rural secondary school students on various education resources sites relating to academic curriculum through CRITICAL THINKING and MEDIA LITERACY teaching since the internet is full of false and misleading information and requires these skills prior. As indicated through this project it will deal with computer literacy, better use of the internet and developing a database system to secondary schools, also the training will be conducted for teachers from the rural schools, rural secondary school students, conduct research work on the welfare and education of rural girls in Hoima district. 3. Number of students(*): 200 4. Number of teachers(*): 10 5. Claimed IT equipments (*) 5.1 Number of Laptops needed(*): 5laptops 5.2 Number of eBook Reader needed: 5.3 Others needed (Tablet-PCs etc): 5.4 Additional comments: These 5 laptops will ease our teaching in every way possible. 6. On Site Contact Information / project manager. Please provide at least one way to contact (*): 6.1 Full Name(*): ALINDA HERBERT BILLY 6.2 Phone(*): +256778390204 6.3 Email(*): hbillyalinda9@gmail.com 6.4 Physical address of Organization (street, city, zip code, country...)(*): Mid-western Uganda. Hoima Oil City, Hoima Central Market, Market Cell, Hoima-Kyenjojo Road. 00000 6.5 GPS coordinates (click the link to find the coordinates: https://www.gps-coordinates.net or https://support.google.com/maps/answer/18539)(*): latitude 1.4306344 longitude 31.3522533 7. Language 7.1 Local / Preferred language(s)(*): ENGLISH 7.2 Additional information about language(s): This is so because Uganda is an English speaking country and this is our official medium of communication and learning. 8. Project Location - street, city, state/province, country, zip code(*): Hoima district,Uganda 00000 9. Access to Internet(*)? 9.1 Access to internet (yes/no) YES 9.2 Wired/cable (yes/no) YES 9.3 Wireless (yes/no) YES 10. Conditions about the room where the laptops will be installed: 10.1 Is the room secure? [yes / no + brief explanation] YES, the room is very secure with limited access from outsiders and presence of armed security to ensure safety is achieved. We have also installed power guards to regulate excessive power in high voltage that can short circuit the laptops 10.2 Can the room be locked in a way that the supervisors (e.g. teachers) can control access? [yes / no + brief explanation] YES, the room has locks and padlocks in presence and access to it can highly be restricted by the supervisors. 10.3. Is the room weather-proof? (e.g. does the room protect the laptops from rain, sand, etc?) [yes / no + brief explanation] YES, the rooms are weather friendly and no raisn or sand can have access to the laptops. There is even routine cleaning to ensure nothing invades the rooms 11. How did you hear about Labdoo?: --Search Engine (e.g. Google) --At local Conference, --At online Conference, --From other organizations/companies, --Facebook --Instagram --Other (please describe) Heard from another organization appreciating your good work but also went on and read about you on google. 12. Picture(s) of the school, students, teacher, etc with this Request Form. Please send as file(s) (*): The picture will be uploaded to your project site ***The solicitation of a Labdoo laptop request implies that, upon receiving the laptops, the recipient agrees with the "Labdoo Laptop Recipient Agreement". ---------------------------------------------------- Labdoo Laptop Recipient Agreement: ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Laptop receiver: We are very pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to your project by providing technology to help bridge the digital divide. With every right comes responsibilities. Technology, when adequately used, can provide very powerful means to aid those that are most in need. But if used improperly, it can also damage our environment. By receiving the above items, you are automatically accepting to abide by the following Labdoo global responsibilities: (1) The items received will be used only for the purpose described by your organization at the time you solicited this donation. (1.1) If you intend to use it for a different purpose, you will contact first the Labdoo team at contact@labdoo.org. (1.2) Only schools and projects may claim for Labdoo computer donations and not by individuals. (1.3) Donated items may only be removed from school ground with admittance of Labdoo (example, teachers cannot take laptops outside school). If Labdoo reviser visit your project and discovered donated items are missing, your school / project will be excluded from Labdoo support and CANNOT receive any further donation. (2) In the case that an incidence occurs to any of the received items, you will contact the Labdoo team at contact@labdoo.org, including in your email the tagging number of the item(s) related to the incidence and a brief explanation. The following incidences must always be reported: (2.1) At the end of life of any of the received items, so that the item can be properly recycled. (2.2) When an item breaks, malfunctions or any change in its status. (3) Every six months, please send an email to contact@labdoo.org with the list of laptops that you have and their status (working or not working). (4) Labdoo laptops are offered for free to you for education purposes. In return, you agree to not use the laptops for commercial reasons and you agree not to charge any fee for the usage of the laptops. (4.1) The donated items cannot be resold to make money or exchange with other valuable items. (4.2) If discovered donated items are missing, your school / project will be excluded from Labdoo support and CANNOT receive any further donation. (5) By returning this form filled in, the solicitor confirms owning all rights on sent materials (current or in the future) submitted to Labdoo.org and allowing such content to be publicly available from Labdoo.org. In addition, the solicitor confirms having approval for taking pictures of the children and/or any person benefiting from Labdoo laptops, tablets or any Labdoo donations, from their parents and/or legal guardians. Labdoo.org explicitly points to the fact that sent materials and pictures/photos may be used online and/or offline, and hence that they can be accessed by third parties, and that such pictures are used to help preserve the transparency and accountability of the projects. We thank you for your commitment to make our world a better place and we wish you best of luck in your humanitarian mission. The Labdoo Team.