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11 September 2015 | Boland

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Seeing through new eyes

A recent Worcester Lions Club project saw 34 school children receive much-needed spectacles, which they did not have access to before. Members of the club transported Grade 8 learners from Breërivier, Vusisiswe and Worcester senior secondary schools to the Phelophepa Health Care Train in De Doorns for eye tests and glasses. All the learners were screened and, according to Gavin Hill (pictured on the group’s right) of the club, about 7% of them needed spectacles. Vusisiswe Senior Secondary School teacher Eunice Mkosi is on the left.

NEW PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

IT boffins in embryo JOHN BULANI A junior computer training programme was launched at the Unobuntu Thusong Service Centre in Zwelethemba last Sunday. The programme is targeted at learners from various schools within the community. At the launch, Judy Bikani, the centre’s community development worker and professional trainer, said: “With only limited resources and lack of information and communications technology (ITC) facilities in our community, this is the first of its kind and promises to play a vital role in the advancement of computer literacy skills to these young minds.” The Cape Access Centre (Thusong) is a provincial government programme which provides access to ICT infrastructure in rural and urban communities. The centre offers basic computer training courses, access to government information and services, access to job opportunities, business and research information, CV typing, scanning and printing, to the community at no

charge. Centre manager Pamela Stokwe believes the newly launched programme will give trainees the opportunity to learn basic computer skills. “This includes covering topics such as browsing internet browsing, email etiquette, basic online research, Microsoft Office and basic typing skills,” she explained. “Acquiring these basic computer skills means these learners will be able to structure their assignments, homework, CVs and also research more information from the internet, than what they get from their textbooks.” Training classes have officially commenced for this first term and a call for second intake will be made in due time, through word-ofmouth and on various community media platforms. For more information on how your child or school can get involved in the programme, phone the centre on 023 345 1001. You can also visit their offices at the Unobuntu Thusong Service Centre, well-known to the community as Multi-purpose Centre.

Young people from Zwelethemba can now dream beyond being teachers or doctors, but of becoming IT boffins and role-models, with inspiration taken from the likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. PHOTO: JOHN BULANI


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