Michael Clarke, SEPIA director, discussing the new computers with Mr Ebenezer Amoh at New Tafo Methodist JHS
In October 2011 200 PC’s and 16 laptops were successfully delivered to the busy port of Tema in Ghana. In a project funded by the charity SEPIA – Supporting Educational Projects in Africa, these computers were then collected by teachers and delivered to a range of schools within the Eastern Region of Ghana. In many of the schools these were the first computers the children had ever seen and this created great excitement for both teaching staff and the school children. Mr Ebenezer Amoh, teacher at New Tafo Methodist Junior High School (JHS), commented “for our children these computers will make such a difference; not only in lessons but also when they go out to work. Computer skills are in great demand in Ghana and this will mean that our children will be able to compete for jobs they could have only dreamed of before. It will help them and their families and we all want to say a huge thank you to SEPIA and Computers 4 Africa.” The computers were divided up to allow each school to receive 20 PC’s, which included one high spec. SEPIA has been working with schools in the Eastern Region of Ghana since 2004 and has also now established a working relationship with the Regional Government Inspector of Schools for this area. Computers 4 Africa were highly commended by the Inspector for supplying such good quality computers and it is hoped that through SEPIA more schools in the area will be able to benefit in future.
