"Learning Without Borders"
After a long drive on rough roads, and one flat tire, the CAAP Team (Moyo, Thaboni) and I arrived at Moyo’s mother’s house in Nkayi, Zimbabwe. A very nice, comfortable “community-built” home for us to spend the night awaited us, and after dinner, we fell fast asleep. Our visit and training of teacher at Gwitshi Primary school took all morning …
In 2018, team members Boubacar DIALLO and Youssouf BALDE presented the Digital Library at the “Digital Dakar” conference. In 2019, the event will bring together more than 3,000 participants and 45 exhibitors including influencers, creators, producers, investors in the field of innovation, digital technology and production. During 3 days, keynotes, live-talks, workshops, pitch sessions and networking sessions – oriented around the life-chain …
Working with US Africa Children’s Fellowship and The Mothers of Africa, we delivered a Digital Library at the Kotobabi No. 2 Primary School in Accra. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Friday on the sidelines of the launch at the Kotobabi No. 2 Primary School, Tema, the Director of Design & Engineering of The Bridge Project, Mr. …
A French translation “translate-a-thon” to bring the joy of reading to children in Senegal! (re-posted from StoryWeaver, by Remya Padmadas on August 26, 2019) Manning Sutton is the founder and director of Apprendre Sans Frontieres (Learning Without Borders), a non-profit organisation that provides technology and educational materials to primary schools in French-speaking African countries like Senegal. To supplement the course curriculum, the organisation …
Mobile, portable Digital Library ready to be delivered to a school.
Dakar based technical/project lead Youssouf Balde (left) meeting with Sidy Fall, director of the Foyer des Jeunes de la Commune de Golf Sud. (Community Center in the suburbs of Dakar). They are using the Digital Library to augment the sparse library they have now. Sidy plans to provide these materials to kids in school, those that have dropped-out and others …