ZAWA UK
ZAWA UK & MZALENDO.NET PROJECT
An IT education is vital for Zanzibar school children in the modern world. IT skills are increasingly in demand by business and global economy and are paramount to securing good jobs and improving standards of living.
Furthermore, with access to the internet, school children can widen their understanding of the world around them, and they can link up with other schools abroad improving cross-cultural communication. Today’s IT software programmes are powerful teaching aids and are more inexpensive than text books; Aids and other health awareness programmes can also be installed on to computers, helping to reduce disease and improving the nations wellbeing.
However, the vast majority of Zanzibar state schools lack the resources to offer training in IT skills and the ultimate result is that the zanzibar remains poor due to the shortage skills in the job market. A skilled IT-trained workforce is a key factor in Zanzibar ability to boost its productivity, attract investment and develop. Without IT skills, young people in Zanzibar will remain locked in a cycle of poverty and will always remain dependent on aid.
ZAWA UK & MZALENDO.NET AIMS
• Accelerating Education in Zanzibar
• Computers are an essential tool for learning and communication
• Computers enable schools to download curriculum material from the internet
• Knowledge of computing dramatically improves employment prospects
• Aids and other health awareness programmes are installed on computers, promoting health education
How you can help
There are four main ways to support ZAWA UK’s mission to create positive lives in Zanzibar, as outlined below.
- ZAWA UK appeals to companies/organisations and individuals to donate computers for its Zanzibar programmes
- Your computer donations help reduce electronic waste going into landfill and accelerate education in Zanzibar: each computer can be used to educate 25 pupils
ZAWA UK relies on public support to continue to make a difference to Thousands of lives in Zanzibar and any donations are gratefully received. You can send a computer to a Zanzibar School for just £70 and set up an IT laboratory in that school for £915
Linking with Zanzibar schools
The Share to Learn Programme (STLP) is forging links between primary and secondary schools in the UK and Zanzibar.
UK schools will be linked with Zanzibar counterparts who want to explore similar themes, such as sustainable living or food and nutrition.
For more information about volunteering opportunities please contact: zawauk@zawauk.org or mwenyekiti@zawauk.org
3 Comments on "ZAWA UK"
Twende twende mbele ZAWA,
Sina budi ila kuwashukuru wakuu wote wa ZAWA na Mzalendo ambo wanalengo lakuboresha Elimu Zanzibar. hasa kwavile tumeona mwanga mpya wa matumaini. Lakini na sisi ndio tutakaoweza kuibadilisha Zanzibar Education kwakupitia projects kama hizi za IT na software.
Kuna chuo cha IT pale Fidel CASTRO ambcho kinasomesha mpaka masomo ya Digital Camera . Kinachowavunja moyo vijana wengi nikwamba hawana tools za IT (Vitabu) . Wala hakuna Inernet Cafee ambazo wanaweza kufanya mazoezi after class.
niwajibu wetu kuweza kutoa computer au hata laptop wakapelekewa nduguzetu wa Visiwani ili waendane na wakati wa sasa. Kwaupande wangu nitajitahidi namimi niweze kuchangia japo Laptop moja au tathmini ya pesa itakayoweza kununua Laptop.
Binafsi nimewaahidi vijana watatu kule Pemba kuwasaidia one Digital Camera and two sm,all pockets Laptop. Nitajaribu kutekeleza ahadi zangu nitakapopata Mtu anaenda Pemba moja kwa moja na anayeaminika kumpa japo ktu kimoja @ a time.
Natanguliza shukrani zangu na kuiombea ZaWA isirudi nyuma na Ishaallah tunaweza kufanikiwa na Redio Mzalendo ikawa inasikilikana Katika Vijiji vyote vya Unguja na Pemba. Amin
Ahsanteni ZAWA/Mzalendo kwa fikra hii adhimu kwa ndugu zetu walioko Zanzibar na hasa vichwa vyenye rasilmali kubwa ya elimu kule Pemba ambavyo vimegubikwa na ukosefu wa vifaa vya kisasa vya elimu na teknolojia ya kisasa.
Mimi binafsi nitafanya kuchangia kadiri nitakavyoweza siku za usoni kwa vile sasa hivi niko katika hali ndigo kiuchumi. Nitafuatilia IT machine fulani ambazo hunadishwa na serikali ya hapa nilipo na kwa vile ni registered client naweza kuona kila kinachouzwa katika mnada wa serikali ikiwa ni pamoja na nternet Servers, IT machines, computers na vyengine kama hivyo. Mambo yangu yakiwa sawa, basi nitajitahidi kufanya hivyo Mola akinijaalia, Amina.
The Rocket
Mwanafunzi mzanzibari ambaye hana hata dawati (desk) la kukalia darasani ili apate kusoma vizuri atawezaje kuitumia comptuter ambayo nayo inahitaji meza kwa mwanafunzi huyo huyo aweze kuitumia computer yake kwa raha zaidi. Kwa nini zawa haitaki kufanya kampeni ya kupata msaada wa madawati kwanza watoto wetu wakapata pa kukalia ndipo baadae wakaomba msaada wa computer maskulini. Zawa lazima ufikiri kuwa computer inahitaji desk na mwanafunzi desk hana yuakaa chini!! sasa kipi mwanafunzi huyu anahitaji kusaidiwa?