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Want to Empower Africa? Donate Technology
03/30/2020 | by Steve Alila
It was her first day at the lab. Like most of our users, she had never used a computer. We introduced her to touch typing, she was leaving five minutes in.
Building Zawadi
06/18/2019 | by Nelly Cheboi
From its inception, Zawadi now has morphed into a community center for the village of Mogotio. My dream is to be able to provide all the required resources a typical school would have to help these children learn and become productive adults in their community.
Mogotio Labs Part 1: Equal Access
01/22/2021 | by Tyler Cinnamon
TechLit builds computer labs in rural Africa and supplies computers to rural African schools and libraries. This one of many posts sharing what we learned while running an open computer lab in 2019.
Founding TechLit Africa
04/19/2019 | by Nelly Cheboi
My name is Nelly Cheboi. I am the co-founder of TechLit Africa, techlitafrica.org. TechLit Africa fosters a more technologically literate Africa by building computer labs in schools. We aim to consistently monitor key indicators of digital literacy and collect feedback from our students and their communities.
Our overnight success. Are we there yet?
07/14/2019 | by Nelly Cheboi
I grew up in abject poverty. I wanted to move my family out of that shack. We had it bad, but we were average compared to other families in my community. I wanted to help them out too.
Sheila Kiplagat
03/14/2020 | by Nelly Cheboi
It was her first day at the lab. Like most of our users, she had never used a computer. We introduced her to touch typing, she was leaving five minutes in.
The Merge 2: Karibuni Mogotio, Kenya 🤗
03/14/2021 | by Nelly Cheboi
Last Saturday, I landed in Nairobi, Kenya with 44 laptops. Tyler and I plan on flying back and forth from Kenya to the States a few times every year.
The Merge: 2021 Goals
02/01/2021 | by Nelly Cheboi
The Network is a passionate and determined group of monthly givers on a mission to bridge the digital divide in our lifetime. People like you from different corners of the world, giving anything they can to prove how unstoppable we are when we work together.
Tyler's Story
07/17/2019 | by Tyler Cinnamon
Tyler is a self-taught programmer. He wants to see children growing up in the developing world to have the same opportunities with technology that he had.
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Shabbona, Illinois
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