A selection of our current interns and long-term volunteers. They are college students, unemployed skilled workers and recent graduates using their knowledge in Camara to obtain further work experience. The field of expertise of each volunteer varies widely.
Ita Durnin
Ita began her connection with Africa when she taught in Nigeria as a nun for 30 years. She taught subjects such as physics, chemistry and maths. After retirement and returning to Ireland Ita continued her connection with Africa by finding Camara on volunteering Ireland’s website. She has witnessed big changes in Camara since she began volunteering in early 2007, with the change of premises from the Castleforbes Road to the Digital Hub and also the expansion of the volunteer programme. Ita is a multi tasker in the workshop, doing everything from cleaning mice and keyboards, to replacing laptop screens to refurbishing PCs with our educational software.
John Kennedy
John has been volunteering with Camara for 8 months now through a FAS work placement programme. His work at Camara consists of assisting Jim Murray, the Workshop Manager in the day-to-day running of the workshop.
Nicolas Matemba
Nicolas has been volunteering with Camara for 6 months, helping out with testing and refurbishing computers in Camara’s Workshop. He is currently completing his degree course in IT management with Tallaght IT.
Liam Wheatley
Liam has been with Camara for 6 months and works primarily in networking in the Camara Workshop.
Jonathan Bissell
Jonathan has recently joined the Camara team of volunteers, and works on social network websites and graphics design. Jonathan has a background in Computer Science and Programming and hopes to be with Camara for the foreseeable future.
Shen Zhang
Shen has recently joined the Camara team for internship. He works in website management and design, with experiences of using WordPress and a background in Communications Engineering and E-Business.
Volunteers
A selection of our current interns and long-term volunteers. They are college students, unemployed skilled workers and recent graduates using their knowledge in Camara to obtain further work experience. The field of expertise of each volunteer varies widely.
Ita Durnin
Ita began her connection with Africa when she taught in Nigeria as a nun for 30 years. She taught subjects such as physics, chemistry and maths. After retirement and returning to Ireland Ita continued her connection with Africa by finding Camara on volunteering Ireland’s website. She has witnessed big changes in Camara since she began volunteering in early 2007, with the change of premises from the Castleforbes Road to the Digital Hub and also the expansion of the volunteer programme. Ita is a multi tasker in the workshop, doing everything from cleaning mice and keyboards, to replacing laptop screens to refurbishing PCs with our educational software.
John Kennedy
Nicolas Matemba
Liam Wheatley
Jonathan Bissell
Shen Zhang