OLPCCorps UMF Zambia

Answer the basics:

A team of teachers from UMF's Master's Cohort, accompanied by undergraduate students majoring in education and technology, will travel to Zambia from June to August to deploy 100 laptops at the Cheshire Community Care Center located in Kaoma, Zambia..

How will you work with children?
The team will work daily with the selected population. Living quarters are adjacent to the orphanage. Who is the local partner?

The local partner is the WISE organization, Women Iniatives that Strengthen and Empower. This partner is based in Readfield, Maine. letter of support

PDF of letters from

WISE in Readfield, Maine Kaoma headmaster @ The Kaoma Community school Director @ Cheshire Community Care Center How will this impact 6-12 yr old children?

The selected population will be given a kit of laptops and digital cameras (Flips) to make movies. The laptops will go to the 12 year olds, the cameras to the 8 year olds, and all ages in between must be cast in the films. The films should be documentary oral histories.

Describe your project's financial needs.

Flips Storage fee for laptops Airfare Comestibles Shots Visas Logistics Microphones Lights

Be realistic

But also be economical How will you provide financial support after you leave?

International Club Rotary? Fundraising dinners to present project Yearly visit

Good question. Still thinking.

Communication
Zambia's national language is English.

The principal investigator speaks English, French, and Spanish.