Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: VIA Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 02 October 2006
PC project trains disadvantaged youths
The IkamvaYouth computer lab in the South African township of Khayelitsha provides computer training to improve the prospects of the local youth and the community.
VIA Technologies has revealed details of a VIA pc-1 Initiative project that is making a real difference in one of the poorest South African townships, the IkamvaYouth computer lab in Khayelitsha, where computer training is improving the prospects of the local youth and the community Opened in May 2006, the IkamvaYouth tuXlab is now teaching the Operation Fikelela (Operation Access) e-literacy curriculum to dozens of grade 10-12 children, as well as offering computer access to the local community
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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