[challenge:future] everyone has the right to access information!

• Goal: Achieving broad social-economic objectives in employment and social development

• Location: Cyber Café in the Kigali suburb Nyamirambo• Date: 4th May 2013• Name: UWIMANA Dominique• Country: Rwanda • Attendees: 25 daily attendees• Members of the NGO: 6

Development of the event

Type: Providing public access to information and communication technology. In my local community, not everyone has a smart phone, not everyone can afford the prices in a cyber café, and not everyone knows how to use computers. Many young people finished school and need the knowledge to use ICTs for job applications, job tests and at their future work. Kids also hear the word new technologies but do not know what to make of them. It is time for all of those people to satisfy their needs to free communication technology.

Development of the eventHow: they come, ask questions, touch the tools, use them for short time

for free, get interested to continue and come back to use them for cheap price.

Added value: they can access E-Mail for free, those with internet-capable phones learn also how to use internet on theirs phones, the kids get free basic computer skills (i.e. MS word)

Organization of the event - AgendaMorning: Kids who go to schools in the afternoon Youth who needs to access their E-mail accountsYouth who want to learn how to look for a job using the internetPeople who need to make copies, scans or prints

Afternoon: kids who do morning classesYouth who want to learn how to scanners, copy machines, or printersEvening: youth who want to learn how to manage a cyber café to work in.

Organization of the event - Agenda

Youth are connected to a wide job market: Youth know now where, when and how to apply for a job through jobs advert websites and chat rooms

Youth know now how to use computer preparing their documents for job applications

Youth who did computer sciences in schools continue the practice

Organization of the event - Results

Youth can now present enough printed documents required to job applications

Kids learn something instead of running on the streets during free time. People can access easily the services like copy, print scan, internet and do

not walk 2 km any more.

Organization of the event - Results

Highlighted part: the kids fighting to touch the keyboard and write.

Organization of the event - Results

Personal result: I get support to raise my adoptive children.

Organization of the event - Results

Needs of local youthMost young Rwandans are still not aware of the available ICTs and their

benefits. Youth lack: up-to-date computer skills, knowledge to get online services,

entrepreneurship, competitiveness,

Solutions offered by the cyberMany young people are getting jobs because of online applicationsMany can buy online services like electricity, money transfers etc.Many are having ideas about running small businesses like cyber café, and

computer learning centers

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