Julius Pancras Youth Group

Computer training for the community in Nyagwethe, Kenya
In many places in Kenya, especially in rural areas, there is a lack of ICT skills. Most people
and educational facilities do not have the resources to get computers and software. The aim
of the Julius Pancras Youth Group is to equip more members of the community, especially
youth and school dropouts, with different skills to enable them to fend for themselves and be
self-reliant. To close the gap in ICT knowledge, we offer computer classes to the children and
youths of the community after school.
We mainly teach basics of computer use, typing, Microsoft Word and Excel, but also started
to teach basic programming skills. With increasing knowledge within the community, our topics
can get more advanced or specialized with time, enabling some youths to work towards a
special career. But we also always want to offer the basics for the people who are still new to
computers.
Currently, we work with 5 donated computers, which limits the number of children and youths
we can teach at the same time to around ten. We spit the interested persons in groups, but
still cannot cover the high existing demand. A higher number of computers can help us to offer
more children and youths the chance of learning computer skills and even open the classes
to other interested people of the community.
We receive volunteers on a regular basis, which will make the transport of computers from
different countries uncomplicated for us. Mostly, we receive volunteers from France, Spain
and Germany, but also many other countries.