Coromandel
Di visited Coromandel Area School and Tapu School in October to arrange the CIH rollout for Term 1 2012. Everyone is really excited and Tapu School appreciates the opportunity to be involved as they are so small with only 13 students. They have identified 3 families without computer or internet and Coromandel Area School has kindly relinquished 3 spaces for them. Coromandel will now train 22 families although they have identified around 40 eligible. So we will have to see what we can do for them in the future! Happy to also report that our Waikato CIH team is arranging CIH for 10 families in Thames via the local Beneficiaries Support Trust. Their families will train at Wintec. So we are making inroads into more remote communities that are often passed by, and what a beautiful drive to get there. Waikato CIH have also worked with Paeroa and Te Aroha schools so check out their blog.
Coromandel Area School
Tapu School
Tapu School
Nelson
Di has had a close relationship with Victory School in Nelson since 2006 through the Refugee Computers in Homes programme for Burmese, Chin, Nepali, Bhutanese and Kayan families. Principal Mark Brown, CIH liaison Dianne Goodwin and Di have often thought it would be great to extend the opportunity to other Victory families. In 2010 Victory Village received the families Commission Award for Best NZ Community, and this year 2011 Victory School hosted a national conference the Victory Village Forum, so the time seemed right to push for funding a CIH pilot intake. We have installed a new 10-pod for training all CIH families. Refugee families are training now, with other due to begin 1st Term 2012.
Nelson graduation. Chin dance
Nelson graduation
Nelson graduation. Di Das, Mark Brown and a participant Nepali family
Nelson
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