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Support Technology Center in Rural Kenya

Laare Community Technology Centre (Lacotec)

The Laare Community Technology Centerparticularly targets the youth and seeks to equip them with basic computing skills that they can apply for personal use, in industry and in education.

Number of Donations: 1 | Posted 10 months ago

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Target: $100,000.00
Raised so far: $10.00

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Charity Info

Based in: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Year founded: 1995

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Project Info

The Laare Community Technology Centre (Lacotec) was founded by Eric Mibuari, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with the assistance of MIT’s Public Service Center. The aim of this community centre is to increase general computer awareness and literacy in the Laare community by providing cheap, local and accessible training on the use of computers.

At present the centre particularly targets the youth and seeks to equip them with basic computing skills that they can apply for personal use, in industry and in education. The centre was started in January 2005 and has so far offered various levels of training to more than a hundred students. The centre takes particular note of the economic difficulties of the many people who would like to benefit from its training and facilities and purposely strives to charge the minimal feasible fees.

With your help, the Centre can purchase more computers, provide more consistent electricity, and give the students a better working environment.

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