This month saw the opening of the new Oficina de Computacion, El Pital. The new office will serve as a class for all 28 students of Guaruma El Pital.
After months of hard toil by Tonio Funez the new Oficina de Computacion was completed shortly after Semana Santa. The Staff of Guaruma, students and members of the community spent a long hot weekend painting the aula inside and out and generally readying it for use. Classes commenced in the last week of March and we are currently running two classes a week for each of the three groups of children in the program the Zompopos, the Iguanas and the Gavilanes.
At the moment we have 5 working computers kindly donated by a Swedish organization in the Oficina de Computacion. We are hoping to increase the number of computers to the full quota needed of ten over the coming year.
The children are currently learning about the basic functions of a computer before moving on to programs and project based work later in the year. With our cross-disciplinary approach here at El Pital we are working to combine the photography and computacion elements of the program as much as possible this year allowing the children to start experimenting with combining text and their images.
Stay tuned for more news….
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