Jamani’s Guide to Computers
Project: Making practical computer knowledge available to people without computer experience.
Objective: Enabling anyone with access to a computer to make use of the possibilities of computers and internet.
Approach: Development and testing of a practical manual in English and Swahili. Printing and free distribution of 20.000 copies in the educational, small business and NGO sectors in Tanzania. Making free downloads of the manual available on www.jamani.nl and other websites.
An impression of the project:
During the finalizing meeting on July 18, the three distributing partners agreed on each other’s different roles: Gabriel Mwakalinga (left) of the Tanzania Computer Literacy for Secondary Schools Trust Fund is committed to spreading the book to schools and remote areas and for setting up a reseller network. Suwedi Kassim of the Distance Learning and Education Services takes care of the stock control and financial issues. Pold Rweyemamu (right) of DigitAfrica, publisher of IT Vision Magazine, takes care of marketing, new sponsors and contact with the printers.
In return for (ab-)using their computers during the development of the guide, Jamani donated a new computer for the Tanzanian personnel of Moyo Mmoja in Bagamoyo. One of these people, James Mwaipopo, bought 200 copies of the guide at costprice (TSh 675 per copy) to become a reseller in Bagamoyo. He was not too happy with the maximum selling price of TSh. 1.000 (1 US$), that was printed on the cover because it is too cheap! After 4MSK Internet Café, James is the second reseller in Bagamoyo.
An overwhelming sensation at the beginning of July, to finally see 20.000 Jamani’s Guides (132 boxes!), together with the 1000 posters for the support of the reseller network.
Left: Presenting a copy to the vice principal of Teacher Training College Monduli.
Right: Teacher Training College Korogwe. Both colleges focus on technical and science subjects and expressed a great interest in our material for their computer education.
Internet café Kicheko in Moshi, an impressive example of a professional and efficient computer training centre. This is one of 11 internet cafes we visited in Moshi. Visitors of internet cafes are an important target group for the guide.
Presenting a copy to our fellow countryman Alex Righolt of A&A Computers, supplier of computertraining and hardware in Arusha.
leverancier van computertraining en hardware in Arusha. Rechts: Bezoek aan het districtskantoor AruMeru van het ministerie van onderwijs.
Left: The historical Fathers’ House of the first Catholic Mission in East Africa, currently an office of ADEM. ADEM is an institute for educational management in Bagamoyo and our partner in this project.
Right: Discussing ICT and education with Mr. Stephen Masunzu, Business Support Manager ADEM; Nils Jensen, Swedish ambassy and ICT Coordinator SIDA; Anders Lonnqvist, Finnish technical advisor at the Tanzanian Ministry of Education and Culture; Klaas Atsma, Dutch technical advisor ADEM.
Preparing multiple copies for testing and evaluation, with the inkcartridges claiming a good part of our budget!
The first copies are used and evaluated at Marian Secondary School.
Jamani’s production unit: Two Pentium PC’s (100MHz) belonging to the guesthouse, the colourpinter we bought in Dar es Salaam and the laptop we brought from Holland (120MHz). Jamani’s Guide to Computers is entirely created on these old, but very useful Pentium-100 computers. The biggest challenge is the unreliable power supply!
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