Every village school requires basic amenities such as wells, electric generators, desks and educational materials. As the school construction comes to completion, it is still not ready for the students or teachers. Basic equipment and teaching tools are needed that enable these children to receive quality education and allow the teachers to effectively equip the children. Many schools have the children sitting on the floor because desks are not afforded.
Project Goal: $13,350 to provide 15 computers for classrooms. Computers are purchased in India for $890 for each computer.
Nearly all the Good Shepherd Schools have computer literacy classes and eight of them have computer training for adults.
The goal of the computer classes is to both train the students and also local Dalit people in basic computer skills so they can get a job in word processing, graphic design or as an office worker. These are reliable vocations available for both men and women that pay a decent wage, thereby bringing immediate help and transformation to Dalit families.
Those with advanced computer skills can secure loans to buy computer equipment and set up their own desktop publishing business or other computer services.