Requestor’s Name (*): Asinde Regina Requestor’s Email Address (*): allforlandnenvironmentalrights@gmail.com and director@lerwa.org You’re Organization (*): LERWA-Land and Environmental Rights Watch Africa Organization Website / Facebook: Website: https://www.lerwa.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LandandEnvironmentalRightsWatchAfrica Your Labdoo account user name (https://www.labdoo.org/user/register): https://platform.labdoo.org/users/lerwa/ -------------------------------- Project Site: Aturukuku zone, Rubongi subcounty, Tororo -------------------------------- 1. Project title or name of your school, project, or NGO - A short title or description for your project (*): Digital Literacy for Sustainable Development 2. Project Description - Please explain about your project and how you will use the laptops (*): LERWA-Land and Environmental Rights Watch Africa is an indigenous nonprofit organisation based in Tororo district that focuses on empowering communities, particularly women and youth, for sustainable land and environmental preservation and protection. They approach land and environmental rights issues as human rights issues and focus on empowering vulnerable populations to become agents of change in their communities. One of the organization's key areas of focus is skills and literacy development through the establishment of its community library Rieko a Men, with an aim of promoting literacy and skills of the vulnerable women and youths in the communities they serve. Though there are a number of both government aided and private schools, the area suffers an acute shortage of reading material. There are many school drop-outs who would be able to use the library service to further their education through self-education. Furthermore, being a peri-urban area, there is limited land for most of the community members to engage in gainful agriculture leading to food insecurity, poverty due to the high unemployment rates, crime and violence, etc. The community library provides an opportunity for community members to access information, learn skills and knowledge and receive skills that will empower them to engage in gainful income generating activities. LERWA's "Digital Literacy for Sustainable Development" project aims to integrate ICT into the community through the provision of laptops to the Rieko a men community library in Tororo district. This initiative will: • Bridge the educational resource gap by offering digital access to books, educational materials, and e-learning platforms for self-education, targeting vulnerable women and youth. • Enhance ICT literacy, equipping community members with essential skills for today's job market and entrepreneurial opportunities. • Support school dropouts in continuing their education through digital learning tools and resources. • Empower the community with knowledge and skills to make informed decisions on land use and environmental rights, viewing these as integral to their human rights. • Enable access to online networks for sharing knowledge, accessing support, and marketing local products to wider markets. The laptops provided by Labdoo will serve as a cornerstone for these efforts, catalyzing positive change and sustainable development in the Tororo district. 3. Number of students (*): 60 4. Number of teachers (*): 3 5. Claimed IT equipment (*) 10 5.1 Number of Laptops needed (*): 10 5.2 Number of eBook Reader needed: 10 5.3 Others needed (Tablet-PCs etc.): Projector, printers, memory disk and Tablets Projector (1) and printer (1) 5.4 Additional comments: We have been providing training to vulnerable women and youth before with limited computers (we have only 2 working computers at the moment) and any possible support to our organization will not provide any challenge in terms of reporting and accountability. 6. On Site Contact Information / project manager. Please provide at least one way to contact (*): 6.1 Full Name (*): Asinde Regina 6.2 Phone (*): +256 759481995 6.3 Email (*) allforlandnenvironmentalrights@gmail.com 6.4 Physical address of Organization (street, city, zip code, country...) (*): 6.5 GPS coordinates (click the link to find the coordinates: https://www.gps-coordinates.net or https://support.google.com/maps/answer/18539) (*): Aturukuku zone, Rubongi subcounty, Tororo district, Uganda +256 https://www.google.com/maps/dir//M4VR%2BPRW+LERWA-Land+and+Environmental+Rights+Watch+Africa,+Rubongi/@0.6943562,34.1430973,17z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x177f150064b7d713:0xeca80473bf6bef1!2m2!1d34.1420679!2d0.6943508?entry=ttu 7. Language: 7.1 Local / Preferred language(s)(*): Luo and English 7.2 Additional information about language(s): The official language in Rubongi is English but the major inhabitant is Jopadhola which are luo speaking. 8. Project Location - street, city, state/province, country, zip code (*): Aturukuku zone, Rubongi subcounty, Tororo district, Uganda +256 9. Access to Internet (*)? 9.1 Access to internet (yes/no) Yes. 9.2 Wired/cable (yes/no) No. 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] The room is secured and spacious to accommodate 20 trainees at a go. The doors are metallic and strong enough. 10.2 Can the room be locked in a way that the supervisors (e.g. teachers) can control access? [yes / no + brief explanation] The room has got front and back doors with the Administrative Assistant and Director having its key. 10.3. Is the room weather-proof? (e.g. does the room protect the laptops from rain, sand, etc?) [yes / no + brief explanation] The room has got a ceiling board that protect any leakages from rain. It’s also well ventilated and dust free hence providing safety of the laptop 11. How did you hear about Labdoo? It was recommended by a friend, Mr. Ogole Oscar, the Director of Community Development Shield organization based in Kole. 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 Please see pictures/photos attached to the email. ***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. The organization accepts to abide by the terms and condition set in this request form