Progress report for
Technology For A Cause Enhancing Skills Empowering Kids
Achievement at a glance
Finally we have Technology For A Cause - Enhancing Skills Empowering Kids now active in 2 schools in Peshawar/KPK/Pakistan, namely:\r\n1. SOS Children's Village Peshawar\r\n2. Ran'aa Child Welfare Foundation, Peshawar\r\nKids from both schools have been enrolled successfully into an online school created using the Google Classroom (details in the video below). There are almost 32 children enrolled who take part in various interactive online activities related to literacy and numeracy every week. Kids have been given the exposure and access to similar resources used by kids in elite schools , these include Khans Academy , Flipgrid etc \r\nhttps://youtu.be/cc0JNiIaNQw\r\nhttps://youtu.be/xWPJhLy5U2w\r\nThere is a difference observed in both reading and writing skills of the kids. We have been using Flipgrid to record stories both in Urdu and English to improve various skills. Details in link below.\r\nhttps://flipgrid.com/vg2fzr2\r\nKids have been engaged in global art work exchange and almost 50 art work pieces have been shared with Oneworld classroom. We will be partnering with a global school soon.Challenges faced in implementation
There are always challenges during the implementation of such projects but we have overcome them with a lot of support and encouragement from the administration at both schools SOS Children Village and Ran'aa Child Welfare Foundation, Peshawar.\r\nOne of the major concerns has been the electricity issues resulting in either no connectivity or low internet speed at times but not always. Alternate sources like the USBs have been used to provide access to internet.\r\nWe do face lack of finances regarding enrolling students into various online programs like Mathletics, Reading eggs etc, but we are using free trial programs as an alternate for the moment.Beneficiaries
Underprivileged kids studying in street schools, living in orphanages who do not have access to quality education. They have no access to resources being used by kids in elite or private sector schools in our country. They deserve the same quality experiences and education.\r\n\r\nCurrently this project is active in 2 schools in Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan namely:\r\n\r\nSOS Children Village Peshawar (an orphanage)\r\nRan'aa Child Welfare Foundation ( a school for street children)