Ghana: Computer Appeal
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Support the computer appeal for Ghana - Challenge the myth of "basic needs"
An Internet link between European and Ghanaian youth groups and schools is intended to compliment the youth exchanges. To make this ambitious initiative possible we need to get more computers to schools, youth groups and villages in Ghana and we need your help.
We have been told by funding bodies, aid agencies and individuals that computers are 'inappropriate' for Africa and that African needs are more basic, they cannot cope with computers etc...
We think this is rubbish. Do they think Africans can only count with beads?
Ghanaian youth deserve the best and we won't let Western racism and a Western celebration of 'less is best' get in the way.
Connection to the Internet means connection to the World Wide Web, which will allow students access to information from around the world. This will be especially beneficial to schools and villages in Ghana, whose access to information is in some places limited to donated books, which are often out of date. The World Wide Web provides a greater advantage for distance learning as more information is easily and quickly available.
The Internet also allows us to communicate world-wide, dispelling many myths and preconceptions. This 'real-time' means of communication adds another dimension to knowledge gained in subjects such as geography, politics, economics, history and sociology.
For a link up to happen we need companies and individuals to donate computers urgently. The British Technology Group have already provided three good PC's they no longer use. Perhaps you are upgrading and have PC's particularly 486's you could donate, for youth groups here or for a Ghanaian school or village.
If you would like further details please do not hesitate to contact Ceri Dingle on 020 8985 5435, or email world.write@btconnect.com.
If you are able to help, your name could appear on the Web site, in the Exchange Programme literature and press material.