Uplands High School – October 2024
Uplands High School Mutundwe is a community school that is located in the suburbs of Kampala Uganda. The school’s primary objective is to provide an affordable education that includes the teaching of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Prior to our engagement with the school, their big challenge was trying to run meaningful ICT classes with only 6 computers. The school contacted our partner Computer Works Uganda for assistance and requested a matching donation from Global Technology Access Foundation. The photograph shows students, faculty, and board members at the official opening of the new computer lab with 20 computer stations.
Glad Tidings Bible College – January 2024
Glad Tidings Bible College was founded in the 1960s in Kampala, Uganda. As a part of their curriculum, the school used to offer computer skills training to their students and the local community until their computer lab fell into disrepair. They contacted our partner, Computer Works Uganda, for assistance with upgrading their lab with a total of 21 student stations. This project included a matching donation of 11 stations from Global Technology Access Foundation. The picture shows students, faculty, and board members participating in a training session in the completed lab.
Luwangula Secondary School – June 2023
Luwangula Secondary School is a co-educational college of sciences and arts located in Namwendwa, Uganda. The school provides a broad curriculum with an emphasis on the sciences to prepare students for further education. Dormitories are provided for boarding students. Meals are provided for both day and boarding students.
In June of 2023, Global Technology Access Foundation and Computer Works Uganda worked with the school to deploy a computer system with a total of 21 new user stations in their computer lab. The Foundation donated one server computer that runs Remote Desktop Services with 11 user stations. The school purchased a second server computer with 10 user stations.
The picture shows the computer lab before and after the project was completed.
Kalungu Girls Training Center – March 2022
Global Technology Access Foundation worked with our local technology partner, Computer Works Uganda, to assist the Kalungu Girls Training Center in Uganda by upgrading their computer lab with additional Windows computing stations, installing the latest software, and providing Internet access.
Kalungu Girls Training Center is a secondary school for girls that is located in Kalungu District, a rural area in Uganda. Started in 1967 as a small training center for local girls, the school initially provided training in practical skills such as tailoring, carpentry, agriculture, cookery, typing, as well as Math, writing, and English. The school has since been expanded and now includes a full academic curriculum that conforms to the standards of the government secondary schools while maintaining practical skills training.
In the words of the headmistress, “The school welcomes young women who are determined to better their lives and that of their future families. The student body includes refugee girls from Congo, Burundi, South Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and from different parts of Uganda. About one fourth of the students receive tuition aid. Some of these girls have lost one or both of their parents. Others are from extremely poor and struggling families.”
Mbabaali Memorial Primary School Food Donation - 2020
During 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were closed in Uganda which reduced income for many schools. Mbabaali Memorial school has a large number of children who live on campus and the school had difficulty purchasing enough food for the students. Consequently, for this project, we donated food.
Bukedea Lifeline Secondary School - December 2019
For this project, we donated one Windows Server 2016 computer system with 11 stations for the computer lab for students and staff. The school augmented our donation with two additional 10-station Windows Server computer systems for a total of 31 stations in the computer lab. We also deployed a network switch, an Internet router, and cabling to connect the computer systems to the Internet.
Buddo Secondary School - March 2019
For this project, we deployed two Windows Server 2016 computer systems with 20 USB stations for students and one LAN station for the staff. We also installed a network switch and cabling to connect the Windows Server computer systems to the Internet router supplied by the school.
Kangole Secondary School - June 2018
For this project, we deployed two Windows Server 2016 computer systems with 20 USB stations in the school computer lab for students and staff. We also installed an Internet router, a network switch and cabling to connect the Windows Server computer system to the Internet and to connect the existing 10 PCs in the lab to the Windows Server computer systems as remote stations.
Sure Prospects Institute 2017
For this project, we deployed one Windows Server 2012 computer system with 16 split-screen stations, an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system with surge protector, and a network switch with cabling to connect the Windows Server system to the Internet. We also trained the staff and students to use and maintain the system.
Mbabaali Memorial School for Orphans - September 2016
For this project, we deployed one Windows Server 2012 computer system with 16 split-screen stations, an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system with surge protector, and a network switch with cabling to connect the Windows Server system to the Internet. We also trained the staff and students to use and maintain the system.