Kids On Computers is going to Mexico in early December 2019 to install a new lab (Escuela Primaria Ricardo Flores Magon) and upgrade existing labs in Oaxaca, Mexico! We will be in Mexico from Dec 2-6th! Many of us are busily preparing for the trip, logistics, equipment procuring, software – …
April’s week-long Kids on Computers effort to rebuild computer labs at more than a dozen schools around Oaxaca City and Huajuapan (both in Oaxaca State, Mexico) was an extremely powerful life lesson across many fronts, still teaching us all new things 6 months later. Oaxacans’ committed resourcefulness stands out above …
A group of us spent a week in Mexico in June 2015 installing and upgrading computer labs for kids in Oaxaca. This post is about one day during that trip. For this Kids on Computers Mexico trip, we brought 21 laptops and 2 Mac Minis into Mexico from the US. We used …
This is a guest post from Jake Tonkel, a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Foum Jamaa, Morocco. Let’s start with a big thank you to Kids on Computers, especially Avni, Fareeda, Randy and Chase, from me, my directors, and all my kids. What you guys do is so cool and gives these kids …
Kids on Computers received a Yahoo! Employee Foundation grant to set up computer labs in Assam, India. We have a local volunteer, Vedanta Barooah, who is from this area and found two schools in the Morigaon region for us to work with. Three of us are in India now and working …
A big part of the Kids on Computers partnership with CHOICE Humanitarian is to provide tablets running a modern version of Android for use in Nepal. CHOICE will be employing Nepalese youth and young adults in a pioneering new program to gather data about basic indicators of quality of life …
We are having a Kids on Computers Installfest on Saturday, March 16th in Sherman Oaks, CA from 11AM – 6PM. A local high school in Topanga, California donated 80 laptops they were no longer using to Kids on Computers. We have shipped 20 of these laptops to Colegio Britanico, a …
A small group of volunteers from Kids on Computers returned to Huajuapan de León in October 2012 to update existing school labs, open a new lab, and train teachers. We had great support from the school administrators, teachers, parents, and local volunteers. Schools After spending a few days visiting schools …
On our recent trip to Huajuapan de León, KoC wanted to update and standardize the installation procedure where possible. About 80 desktops and laptops needed to be installed and/or updated to have usable educational packages, plus some offline content. Here’s what we came up with. Software Updates Many of the …
