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The ComICT Centre project is going to launch a computer and internet training centre in the rural community of Buea. What marks out this project is its intention to use university graduate volunteers as trainers. There will be three levels of training. Level 1 will impart basic computer knowledge and internet skills. Level 2 will proceed to offer intermediate training in one or more of the following: operating systems, internet access and, Word processing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, Graphical design, and typing. Level 3 will offer advanced training in hardware and software maintenance, web page design and hosting, networking, computerized accounting, databases, and other related fields.
The ComICT Centre shall make use of 20 volunteers, who will be expected to offer tutoring services to students at the centre. They will be primarily university graduates with at least a minor in Computer Science or persons with similar skills and accreditations from other institutions. Each volunteer will be expected to participate in at least a 2-week training programme at the beginning of their work with the Centre. Each of them will be expected to contribute 22 or 33 hours each week and to continue with the centre for at least 2 months. The 20 will be split into 2 groups of 10 volunteers each, and the groups shall work on alternate days of the week, Monday to Friday. ComICT Centre will employ 11 full-time and 3 part-time staff members. The organization behind this project is called Helps International (HINT) Cameroon, a non-profit, non-governmental organization created in 2003. HINT Cameroon has been working since 1997 and today runs a Centre with 2 computers and is currently training 6 youths in computer operation skills and web design (who are leaders of Helps International). The success of this project shall mean that at least 100 more persons will be trained in a year (training 50 per 6 months). Of the 100, at least 30 trainees shall be fully employed through self-reliant, income-generating and computer-related micro projects funded by HINT Cameroon, with each project receiving an average financial investment of US USD700 from the Helps Fund.
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