OLPCorps BTH Ethiopia

About us

We are a team of two post graduate students at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. We are partnering with a local NGO, which is working on community based development program in the city of Debre Zeit in Ethiopia. Ratson's mission is to improve the deep rooted development problems of target communities living in the country especially Women, Youth and Children by promoting genuine participation of the target constituent and all stakeholders through community based rural and urban development programms. Currently, Ratson supports eight elementary schools of which four are in the rural part of the city of Debre Zeit. We are currently in constant contact with Ratson to come up with a strategy to deploy the laptops and make the project sustainable.

Ratson has provided us with the list of schools that they supporting in the rural areas. The main challenge is the enormous number of students in the schools. We are currently trying to come up with a transparent way to select the school and students to participate in this project.

The following is the number of students in the rural elementary schools.

1. Ude elementary school - 3800 students

2. Hidi elementary school -3500 students

3. Godino elementary school -4000students

4. GandaGorba elementary school - 238 students

Team Members

Eyaye Bekele is a student in software engineering. He has been mostly working on system and web development. He has also been working with an NGO that is focusing on communication strategies to combat HIV/AIDS. Eyaye has been involved in the networking of the Ratson head office in Debre Zeit.

Daxious Mengistu is a student in electrical engineering. He has been mostly working in the telecommunication industry.

Contact

You can contact us at eybe08@student.bth.se or dame08@student.bth.se