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.
Luke McGuinness
Luke has been volunteering on and off with Camara since early 2009, but really only joined Camara in early 2011, working for them full time on work placement program. He works as a supervisor/computer technician in the laptop department, wiping hard drives, repairing, imaging and testing laptops for schools in Africa, Jamaica and Ireland. In his spare time he enjoys travelling, playing guitar and flying model aircraft
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.
Luke McGuinness