Labdoo Laptop Request Form Rev. 001 Requester Information: ====================== Your Name: Veronica Lacureanu Your Email Address: vlacureanu@faracharity.ro Your Organization : Fundatia FARA Organization Website: www.faracharity.ro in Romanian, or in English www.faracharity.org You Labdoo account user name: (this is needed so that Labdoo can assign laptops to your project--registration can be done here: https://www.labdoo.org/user/register) Username: FundatiaFARA Project title: (a short title for your project) Media Center for Disadvantaged Children in Baia Village, Romania Project Site: ============= 1. Project Summary: (Please provide a brief statement about the purpose that the laptops will serve in your project site.) The Media Center project aims to improve the learning experience of 25 primary school children, help them develop new skills and perspectives by using the Internet and Communication Technology (ICT). As a long-term goal, this support will provide the means to help them escape the poverty trap.This will be a pilot project implemented in a school in Baia Village, Suceava, Romania. Baia Village is located in a region with very high levels of poverty, unemployment, and low levels of formal education. The beneficiaries of this project are at high risk of school dropout due to the fact that they come from disadvantaged families who lack the economic resources to keep them in the educational system. Research shows that ICT has the potential of enhancing learning and knowledge attainment if coupled with traditional ways of teaching1. Following this line of thought, we assume that access to better quality education will contribute to a decrease in the school dropout rate. The use of technological innovation during the IT sessions will enable these children to visualise and gain a deeper understanding of the curricula. These in turn will increase their interest in schooling and will positively affect their class attendance. Better informed individuals are able to make better life choices while also bringing positive contributions to the community where they live in. Therefore, improving the quality of the education will not only benefit the children, but also the situation of their family and entire community. Besides helping children attain computer competencies and enhance education across curriculum, this project will promote cross-cultural learning, enable children gain practical skills (cooking, arts and crafts, etc.) and facilitate communication with the migrant parents. On the long-term, this project seeks to decrease the level of unemployment, develop technological awareness across society and contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The proposed project will be implemented by FARA Foundation. It has an extensive experience in conducting projects aiming to improve the socio-economic condition and the welfare of vulnerable and neglected children and young people. This will be a pilot project that FARA Foundation in collaboration with Labdoo aims to scale up to three other schools in the region, given positive outcomes. Moreover, this project will generate significant learnings that can serve as groundwork for similar initiatives. 2. Project Location: Baia Village in Suceava County, NE of Romania 3. Preferred language(s): French, English or Romanian 4. On Site Contact Information (please provide at least one way to contact): 4.1. Name: Ana-Maria Pintilie (Project Coordinator on site) 4.2. Phone: (+40) 0742708214 4.3. Email: centrudezibaia@gmail.com 4.4. Physical address :,,Nicolae Stoleru’’ street, Baia Commune in Suceava County, zip code 727020, Roumania 4.5. GPS coordinates : 47’ latitude N, 26’ longitude E 5. Claimed IT equipement Number of Laptops needed: 15 Number of eBook Reader needed: 0 Others needed (Tablet-PCs etc): 1 printer, 1 projector 6. Number of students: 25 7. Number of teachers: 1 8. Electricity in the room: 1- CEE 7/4 (German) plug and matching CEE 7/3 socket 9. Does the room have access to the Internet? NO, but we can have a contract 9.1. Is the access via wireless or cable? - wireless 10. Conditions about the room where the laptops will be installed: 10.1. Is the room secure? [yes / no + brief explanation] The laptops will be used in class rooms for afterschool hours with disadvantaged children, in order to facilitate the access to education through new media. After that the laptops will be stored in the FARA Foundation Office in Baia. 10.2. Can the room be locked in a way that the supervisors (e.g. teachers) can control access? [yes / no + brief explanation] Yes. See the asnwer at the previous question 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 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 a ccepting 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. If you intend to use it for a different purpose, you will contact first the Labdoo team at contact@labdoo.org. (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. (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.