Wema Children's Centre: Computers, Cyber Cafe, and Donations

Yesterday, we taught Form 1 computers in the morning. We are still teaching Microsoft Word, as not all the students have had a lesson yet. It is crucial the students understand Microsoft Word because that will help them with a lot of other computer lessons, especially email. I am setting up another pen pal program with my former high school English teacher Mrs. Ordway. As a senior in high school, I remember my brother setting up the program for us and how exciting it was to get an email from my pen pal, especially during the sometimes overwhelming college process. It put things in prospective.

In the afternoon, we dropped off four of the donated laptops to a cyber café in the local town Bukembe. We hope that these laptops will help Wema get some more money as well as benefit the community. There were only two working desktops in the café, which shares its space with a tailor. All the other computers in the café were at least from the 1990s and were not functioning.

Cyber Cafe

Woman who works at the cyber cafe with a laptop

We started today with a group shot of the entire secondary school. Never have I seen that many students in a group shot being so well behaved. It was exciting to see them altogether. (Was not able to post picture today but hopefully will soon!)

We taught Form 3 this morning in the computer lab. Unfortunately, the electricity has been out all day, which is the longest it has been out for. We had around 25 students and only five working laptops. By the end of the lesson, the students were all crowded around three computers, as the other two had died. When we are not in the computer lab, we have been filling our time updating all the Wema students’ photos for the website, including facts about each student. We also have given out all our donated clothing. Some of the students even modeled their new clothes with us. They are so thankful for any article of clothing, as many only have one outfit. We hope the electricity comes back soon so we can teach in the computer lab more!