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About this project

In collaboration with the Belgian-Congolese NGO NTBS, YouBridge will fund the installation of a large computer center in Kisangani. As the university and college student at the moment have very limited access to computers, they are forced to pay for internet cafés or other people typing their master thesis. Some students will then graduate from university without ever having used a computer.

This project offers them the opportunity to have unlimited access to the new YouBridge laptops in a controlled and supervised environment. They will be educated in basic computer skills and be able to do research for their studies.

As they are very keen to come in contact with people from all over the world, the YouBridge platform will play an important role in this communication.

The ultimate project goals is to provide the 10.000 students in Kisangani with access to computers for their research and writing of thesis and other reports. Via the NTBS-YouBridge computer room they will also be taught how to use the computers and internet and actively participate on the online YouBridge network.

Partners

This project is generously supported by Carlier Fund (managed by the King Baudouin Foundation)

Ambassador

During the startup phase of this project, Jan Kennis will take the role of the YouBridge ambassador. Jan is the founder and coordinater of the NGO 'New Technology for Boyoma Students' (NTBS vzw).

In parallel, we are still looking for a local ambassador that can be the local voice of the project on the YouBridge platform.

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