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Why We Believe in the Power of the Internet (and what we’re doing about it…) – Part 1

We believe in the innate power of human potential.

The insurmmountable power in each and every single person, which if set free would unlock the greatest of all energies and with it provide the required courage to enable the transformation of lives.

It is our want that people look deep within themselves and realize that they have the ability to be whoever they choose, do whatever they will, without fear, without constriction or subjugation, achieve whatever they desire and in the process leave indisputable marks in the world by simply believing and acting on who they are.

Hence, we aim at fully utilizing digital tools and the internet which, if used appropriately, can indeed change lives. Whether it is the simple unrecognizable acts of making a new friend or the great inexplicable ways like fueling social change, it has proven to penetrate deep into people’s lives and weave itself intricately in their experiences, that it would be unfathomable to imagine an existence bereft of this tool

It is to us, the bridge that would in this day and age, here and now, link a person to his potential and hence, make possible what was previously unthinkable, feasible.

As a result, we are creating a tool that will for the millions of African children, do more than just simply inform.

We are creating a tool that will inspire. Inspire one to break free and identify who they really are and what they believe in. In doing so they will identify what it is they really love doing and where exactly in the universe they would want to be felt. Furthermore the tool wil guide them as they navigate around the Internet to realize how to make real their newfound desires, leading them to share, learn, discover, connect, collaborate and most successfully, create. By providing the necessary techniques needed to effectively navigate the internet, they will understand not only how the net can be manipulated, but also, how it can be used to co-create.

It is not just a tool but rather, a creation aimed at unravelling people’s innate power. We would want to say to millions of children all world over that their dreams and wants are achievable. That their options are all unlimited and that the world should not inhibit them and this is indeed the best, sincerest way to do it. It is not just a tool, but our key, to unlocking people’s potential.

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Curious to know what we’re working on? You could wait for part 2 of this post, or you could send me an email: simeon [at] thekuyuproject [.] org ;)

 

Announcing Keta Senior High Technical School Digital Camp

Two months ago we announced our plans to scale up our digital literacy camps to West Africa with a view to test the feasibility of our curriculum in various places beyond our East Africa.

Today we’re happy to announce the first of such an initiative at Keta Senior High Technical School in Keta, a coastal city in Ghana’s Volta Region.

Keta Senior High Technical School boasts spacious classrooms, excellent science laboratories and houses the Keta District Science Resource Centre.

This digital camp will run at the school premises from Wednesday 26th October 2011 to Sunday 30th October 2011 and will mostly be evening sessions after the normal daily class schedules.

The camp will be run by three volunteers: Jo Webber, Mac-JordanDegadjor and Gameli Adzaho.

Jo is based in the UK and is volunteering with The Kuyu Project for this camp. She is a freelance journalist and digital consultant with a passion for the ever evolving digital media landscape.

Jo shares her thoughts in this video as she prepares for the event.

Mac-Jordan is a Ghanaian Social Blogger, Writer, Technologist and a Social Activist who’s work and passion focuses on a range of issues related to Technology, Entrepreneurship, African Ingenuity, Gender, Human Rights and Freedom of Expression with special emphasis on the Sub-Saharan African region. Mac-Jordan has posted his thoughts on the camp on his blog. You can read up here.

Gameli Adzaho is our primary contact at Keta Senior High Technical School and an avid blogger and active techie in the Ghana scene.

You can follow the updates of the camp on this blog as well as on our Twitter Account, @TheKuyuProject, and Facebook Page – The Kuyu Project. We will also be tweeting using the #KuyuGH hashtag.

For more information on this particular camp and The Kuyu Project’s West Africa Initiative, kindly contact me on simeon@thekuyuproject.org