Computer Project Progress Report 2007

The aim of the Computer Project is to give people from Nelson Mandela Township (Nemato) a chance to become computer literate and to get access to internet. The main focus is youth. The fast majority of the youth leaves school without ever having touched a computer. That is a very serious disadvantage for further education and for finding jobs.

Progress so far

Over 180 computers and other equipment have been collected in Germany and Holland for this project. It was all shipped in a 40ft container from Europe to South Africa. It gave us major difficulties and a many months long delay to get the container cleared by the border police. The container was transported to Port Alfred. Step by step computers were fixed and software installed. At the moment there are computers from the Matinyana Fund Computer Project in all 5 township schools, a couple of farm schools and at Nomzamo Business Hive.

Nomzamo Secondary School
There is a computer room ready and working with computers from the Matinyana Fund and from Old Mutual, Cape Town. The computer are used by learners and teachers. There are after school computer lessons in Windows, Word and Excel.

Kuyasa Combined School
This school went through a major building and renovation project. It is a big improvement for the school. It has many new classrooms including one especially prepared for computer education. The school is using Matinyana Fund computers, but they will be replaced by donated new computers

Mtyobo Public Primary School
This school also has a secured computer room and they are using Matinyana Fund computers.

Dambuza Primary School
The security and cabling (donate by CHN) of one room in this school is ready. The school got about 15 computers from the Matinyana Fund and is activily using them.

Port Alfred Primary School (Station Hill Township)
This school has limited space so we only delivered 4 computers and a printer to the school so far.

Farm schools
A number of farm schools around Port Alfred now have our computers: in Southwell, Trappes Valley, Bathurst and Riebeek East.

Thanks to all the people and organisation that support this project!