THE Messiah College of Grantahm in Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA), and the Ho Farms at Akoefe have jointly established a computer laboratory for schools in the Akoefe and the Tanyigbe traditional areas in the Ho municipality of the Volta Region.
It is part of a cross-cultural study tour project undertaken by 20 students of the college aimed at exposing them to other parts of the world for them to become citizens of the world.
Professor David Dzakah, who led the students on the tour, said eight computers had been installed by the students for use by the Akoefe Junior High and Primary schools, adding that the package would soon be extended to surrounding communities and to be hooked on to the Internet.
The Programme Officer of the Ho Farms, Madam Vida Ahiati, expressed appreciation to the college for the support and said it had made the dreams of the management of the farms a reality.
Ho Farms belongs to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Madam Ahiati said the reality was in accordance with the philosophy of the church to send light to where there was darkness and so the information and communication project was a big step in the right direction.
For his part, the extension officer, Mr Dickson Asase, said there was an arrangement for the posting of an ICT specialist with the American Peace Corps to handle tuition at the centre.
The students also donated a bag full of toys to the El-Elian Preparatory School at Hohoe and also visited tourist attractions in the Central and Volta regions.
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I was one of the Messiah College students involved. As a computer science major, I headed the project.
I would like to note that there was no mention of connecting the computers to the internet. The lab is meant for instruction in computers, but not the internet.
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