{"id":68,"date":"2018-06-02T10:07:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T10:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leapfrog-ngo.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2022-12-12T20:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:48:51","slug":"empowerment-through-it-phase-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leapfrog-ngo.org\/en\/projects\/empowerment-through-it-phase-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowerment through IT in Ol-Donyo Sabuk, Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Partner:<\/strong> <\/em>DISC Initiative, <\/em>Kenya
Duration<\/strong>: 2013 – 2015
Donor:<\/strong> <\/em>Foundation North-South Bridges through means of the German Federal Ministry for Development Cooperation and private <\/em>donations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tea and fruit plantations as far as the eye can see. The region around Thika, 80 km northeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, is one of the biggest areas for the big global fruit producers. For anyone who does not want to work on the plantations and is looking for a better qualified job, computer literacy is indispensable. But computer courses are usually expensive and only offered in the big cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In close cooperation with our partner “<\/a>The Disc Initiative” we provided IT knowledge to more than 300 youth and young adults people from the community since September 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Students in Ol Donyo are learning how to contruct a databse with PHP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Leapfrog e.V. supported the IT courses with finanical means and with technical expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Leapfrog team is installing a computer network in Ol Donyo Sabuk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

E-learning and jobshadowing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have not only supported IT education, but also e-learning on hygiene measures, misuse of drugs, HIV\/AIDS and familiy planning. Young women and mothers were a particular target group of our IT programme, because the usually have the poorest chances on the job markets.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Young women are a particular target group of our IT education programme  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Jobshadowing” was another module of the programme which enables participants to get first insights into the world of work and to apply the gained knowledge. Job shadowing was provided with the County administration, Kenya Canners, National Youth Service, ViAfrica and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training trainers on webdesign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the more advanced students, Leapfrog offered a train-the-trainer course to introduce into coding and enable participants to design simple websites and share their knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advanced class comprises the following topics: <\/p>\n\n\n\n