We are opening a digital learning centre, TECH (Teach Education Cheltenham) in Leckhampton, Cheltenham, as part of our 2021 goals to increase the number of people gaining access to digital skills and services. TECH Connect will support any groups or individuals that want to learn, or improve their IT knowledge in an informal and relaxed environment.

We are a member of Digital Unite’s Digital Champions Network, a proven foundation for delivering meaningful digital participation. Using their resources, we will provide a range of online courses designed to help people develop their personal digital skills and confidence in using a computer or mobile device.
You can learn:

• Basic computer skills including using a mobile device (laptop/tablet/smart phone)
• Using the Internet
• Accessing online services
• Keeping in touch with family using emails and online messaging
• Improve your confidence and motivation to learn new skills

​We started the Buy One Get One Scheme at our programme in Zambia to support schools that have very few or no IT facilities.  The cost of living in the country remains high and fuel prices are among the highest in the world.  With very little funding from the government, schools struggle to buy computers, even at low cost. We’ve found that by offering an incentive to help schools buy their first computers, this is having a significant impact.

Since January 2018 the scheme has helped:

• 53 schools buy equipment 
• 610 computers supplied 
• 48,800 students given access to ICT

We know that there are still many students who can’t access a computer and we want to do more to help these schools.  We hope we can fund a further 300 and provide a total of 600 computers to schools in Zambia in 2019.

TECH Connect - Teaching Education Cheltenham
 
IT Schools Africa is planning to open a digital learning centre in Cheltenham as part of its vision to improve access to e-Learning technology.  One of the charity’s 2021 goals is to support local groups or individuals who have limited digital skills and/or struggle to access online services.  Our aim is to help people benefit from new skills and for them to be motivated and confident using e-Learning technology.
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​​IT education is the foundation of what we do, giving access to digital skills and services to help people in a friendly and supportive environment.  We want to provide a place where people feel welcome to come and learn at their own pace. For more information email contact@itschoolsafrica.org

The money we raised will provide an e-Learning lab for Chichiri Community Day School in Malawi. The facilities will provide access to quality IT education for the school's 364 students. Over a period of 6 years 2,300 students and teachers will benefit from the new lab.

​Through your generosity we are able to transform more lives through IT education, offering improved educational and life opportunities. Thank you for supporting IT Schools Africa.

We are delighted to be taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2018. This is an amazing opportunity to be part of a match funding campaign which has the potential to DOUBLE donations made to our charity.
Save the date. The Christmas Challenge 2018 opens at 12pm (midday) on
27th November (#GivingTuesday) & closes 7 days later, at 12pm (midday) on 4th December. The campaign offers supporters of participating charities the opportunity to double their donations during this week. For example, an online donation of £100 is doubled to £200. If Gift Aid is claimed, the donation could be worth £225. Donations are doubled whilst matching funds last.

Our aim is to raise funds for a  School Computer Lab Project in Malawi.
To provide a secondary school in Malawi with a fully functioning computer lab to transform their existing inadequate facilities. There are extreme levels of low computer literacy in Malawi as most schools are yet to introduce basic computer literacy into their curriculum. The lab will provide greater access to ICT, helping students to achieve better results and improve their education opportunities and job prospects after they leave school.
We are working to improve computer literacy in Malawi, to date we have provided 20 computer labs to schools most in need in the country. This is a typical school IT lab we have installed.

Together we can transform lives through access to quality IT education.

We are proud to announce the opening of our latest e-Learning lab at Kapanda Secondary School in Malawi, in partnership with RIPPLE Africa. How wonderful to see this eagerly awaited project come to fruition! ​This  facility has been equipped with 60 desktop computers for students, one laptop for the teacher, a digital projector and a laser printer.

Previously the school had just five laptops but with the new lab they are are the only community day school in the area with such impressive ICT facilities. This will have a real impact on the levels of IT literacy in the district and enable more people to access ICT education. 

School building work started in June and the computer lab was officially handed over to the school at the end of September. The whole team have worked really hard to complete it in such a short time and to such a high standard. The computers are pre-installed with educational resources and the aim is for the students to be equipped with computer literacy skills so they can sit and pass exams to prepare them for the future educational and employment opportunities.

Collaboration brings great results and we are committed to working with our partners to transform the provision of quality education.

We are thrilled to receive the GEM Exemplar Employer accolade which recognises an employer's commitment to the value of providing opportunities which enhance employability and life skills, as well as creating a positive impact on the community.
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A GEM Exemplar Employer is an organisation that believes every person should have an opportunity to engage in meaningful work. An Exemplar Employer goes the extra mile by providing an opportunity or opportunities for people who are finding it difficult to enter or re-enter the world of work.

We look forward to continuing our partnership with GEM to support and train people currently out of work and help to provide pathways into further education or employment.

We are excited to start a new project in Cameroon, in conjunction with MASHAV, the Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation. With the help of the Israeli Embassy we were able to donate 20 computers to the Tassah Academy, providing them with a new IT Lab. The Tassah Academy is a secondary school with 600 students in the country's capital Yaounde. The school was set up in 2009 by Janet Fofang, an electrical engineering teacher passionate about increasing the number of women in technology.

The IT Lab was officially opened on the 31st July, by senior delegates of the Israeli Finance & Foreign Affairs Ministries and the deputy British High Commissioner.

Niger is currently the lowest-ranked country in the world on the Human Development Index. Due to student, faculty and administrator strikes, it takes an average of five years for a university student to graduate with a three-year bachelor’s degree. To gain access to a quality higher education, the most talented students with the financial means to do so migrate to foreign countries and rarely return to Niger. 

We are delighted to have supplied African Development University (A.D.U.) with laptops for their students. The newly opened university was struggling to provide ICT access to the students as computer equipment is scarce in the country. IT Schools Africa supplied 37 laptops to the university earlier this year, after meeting the co-founder, Meredith Segal. 

​A.D.U. was founded by a team from the Harvard Kennedy School and currently offers undergraduate programs, an MBA program, and executive courses. The university plans to train a new generation of skilled, ethical leaders and aspires to become a hub of innovation and excellence in higher education in West Africa over the next decade. We look forward to continuing to support them over the coming years.