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Computer Clubs for Children
The Romanian government has set as part of it's national agenda, the creation of a computer literate work force to meet the challenges of a modern society. The Andrea Foundation, Children's Help Net, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP Romania) initiated a collaborative effort in May 2000 to address this need by creating a growing network of Computer Clubs for Children. The goal of this project is to teach children living in orphanages or from poor families computer and Internet skills for use in business, empowering them to become productive members of society in the new world of the Information Age. The Andrea Foundation will attempt to help these children find employment when they reach the age of 18. There are now eighteen Computer Clubs and approximately 2000 children enrolled in the program. Partners Partners involved in this project include Children's Help Net Foundation, the Ministry of Education, the Department of Child Protection in Bucharest, Braila and Sibiu, RoEduNet (Computer Network of the National Education System) and MobiFon SA (Connex). Graduate level students are recruited from Mathematics, Economics and Engineering Universities as salaried instructors for the clubs in orphanages. The United Nations Development Programme (Romania) was a partner for two years. Computer Club Locations and Web Pages Read about our Computer Clubs in an article from the June 2001 issue of Choices, a United Nations Development Programme publication. Read about our Computer Clubs in Romania in the Oct-Dec 2001 issue of Connections, a publication of the Dreyfus Health Foundation.
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