21st-century Tech at South African School

Dear Friend,

The great news is that outside GlobalGiving we received a donation of 30 laptops for this lab!!!!! That is a huge boost to this project, as computers are the major expense.

That said, a computer lab is much more than just the technology. 

A lab also requires

• security measures,
• a bank safe for storage,
• electricity,
• desks and chairs, and
• Internet access.

We need your help!

As you know, our original goal for this initiative was to build a computer lab for 450 students in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa. That total has now risen to 550. That's what happens. Once we partner with a school, enrollment goes UP, this time by 22% in only one year. 

Our goal, therefore, is ever-more-vital, as each of those 550 children needs access to twenty-first century technology. If GlobalGiving donors are successful in helping to fund this project, we will raise the school’s computer literacy rate from 0% to 100%, as we have done in three other schools in the same region. We would be thrilled to extend this same access to this worthy school.

Toward that end, please share the project link with family, friends, and colleagues, and ask if your company offers corporate matching.

Technology is here to stay, and any child without exposure early and without mastery later will struggle to succeed in tertiary studies and to find a career commensurate with twenty-first century advancements.

Thank you for doing what you can to ensure that the children at a rural primary school in South Africa get the access they deserve.

Martha T. Cummings
Universal Promise
Executive Director

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Dear Friend,

Each quarter, we are asked to submit a report on the status of our GlobalGiving projects. As you know, our goal for this initiative is to build a computer lab for 450 students in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa. If we are ultimately successful in funding this project, we will effectively raise the school’s computer literacy rate from 0% to 100%. The entire region has already been affected by our computer labs in three other schools, and we are thrilled to be extending a computer lab right now in a nearby high school of 800 students.

We will not be satisfied, though, until every child has a command of the essentials. Toward that end, we respectfully ask you to share the project link with family, friends, and colleagues and ask if your company offers corporate matching. Technology is here to stay, and any child without exposure early and without mastery later will struggle to succeed in tertiary studies and to find a career commensurate with twenty-first century advancements. Thank you for doing what you can to ensure that the children at a rural primary school in South Africa get the break they deserve.

Martha T. Cummings

Universal Promise
Executive Director