Software Freedom Day 2010 CAMARA Galway (Galway, Ireland)

CAMARA Galway

[http://www.camara.ie|camara.ie]

What We Do

. Camara Education Limited is a registered Irish Charity ([16922]) supported by the Irish Government and by charitable donations.

Vision Statement

. A world where even the poorest have access to quality education

Mission Statement

. Camara is a volunteer organisation dedicated to using technology to  deliver education more effectively to disadvantaged communities in  Africa and Ireland.

What We Do

. Camara operates as a social enterprise and operates in two distinct  business lines: ‘Education Delivery’ and ‘Computer Reuse’. The  connection between these two, seemingly disparate activities is  TECHNOLOGY. We take in used computers from Irish companies and individuals, wipe  their hard drives of data (in line with US Department of Defense  standards), refurbish and load them with educational software before  setting them up as Learning Centres in schools in Africa and Ireland. We train teachers to use these computers as tools to improve the delivery of education to their students. We produce computer training and educational multimedia materials for use by teachers and children.

Where We Work

. We work in seven African countries – Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya,  Lesotho, Tanzania, and Uganda and have set up local Technology Hubs  that act as partners in delivering the Camara educational model directly  to schools. Camara’s European headquarters is in the Digital Hub,  Dublin and our African headquarters is in Kampala, Uganda.

What we believe

. Camara is a West African word that means “one who teaches with  experience.” When Camara was established in 2005, we were driven by two  core beliefs: 1) Education is the key for people to break the cycle of  poverty they find themselves in; and 2) properly used, Information and  Communication Technologies (ICT) can be harnessed to revolutionize the  way world class education is delivered to disadvantaged communities.

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