Calestous Juma, Director of the Science, Technology and Innovation Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, is promoting a project to develop a model media lab at the John Osogo secondary school in Kenya (shown above). Juma himself is a graduate of the school. The organizers working with the World Computer Exchange plan a shipment of 200 donated used computers from WCE to connect seven high schools serving 4.000 students in Port Victoria (in Budalang'i Division of Kenya). Dr. Juma says:
"This is exciting because this building was originally built with the help of Peace Corps Volunteers. I was taught there by a Peace Corps Volunteer."The media lab is intended to be a technology resource for the students in the nearby schools. John Ouko, principal of the John Osogo school. said,
"The main objective here is to build a strong technological network as the basis for community development in Budalang'i Division. The ultimate goal is to establish the Victoria Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation in the area, which will service technology-driven development in the entire Lake Victoria Basin bestriding Kenya Uganda and Tanzania. This Institute will link schools, institutions of higher learning, research institutes, industry, government and communities in a unique development-focused web powered by information technology, research and innovation. We are now putting in place the building blocks for transforming the region into an IT hub, starting with IT Labs at John Osogo Secondary School and a Community Information Center nearby."If you can help or are just interested in more information go to the project webpage on the World Computer Exchange website.
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