Camara is dedicated to mainstreaming cross-cutting social issues in its general programme. Apart from the equity argument, there’s also a strong case that it’s the only way to make our programme really effective. Camara volunteers have produced invaluable materials on the cross-cutting issues of Gender, Disability and HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately we’ve been very slow in securing funding to roll this material out, and it’s a big priority for the coming months. Some of the materials are available below, sincere thanks to everyone who’s been involved.
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Disability
Many of the most vulnerable children in Africa never even attend school, due to a variety of inhibitors. Technology offers an unprecedented opportunity to challenge the stigma and difficulties facing disabled children in the hundreds of communities in which we work. Eleanor Smyth produced this great report on how to mainstream Disability in an ICT4D project. She also produced a huge amount of material for a Disability Education module, including the assistive technologies that will be introduced to Camara Schools.
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Gender
Amartya Sen has demonstrated that two of the biggest influences on promoting development are female education and female employment opportunities (both of which he’d call ‘agency’). Eimear Rouine and César López Teba produced this groundbreaking module on Gender Education, which to the best of our knowledge is the only one of its kind in the world. (In chrome or Firefox press F11 to see it in full screen mode)
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HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is obviously an enormous factor for any development organisation working in Lesotho (with a prevalence rate of 23%). Des O’ Connell produced the Respect Programme for the Hub, and Jeanne Barrett developed the accompanying Respect Teacher’s Manual. Between them they’re a very powerful educational tool, and certainly the only localised example we know of for the country.
Mainstreaming
Camara is dedicated to mainstreaming cross-cutting social issues in its general programme. Apart from the equity argument, there’s also a strong case that it’s the only way to make our programme really effective. Camara volunteers have produced invaluable materials on the cross-cutting issues of Gender, Disability and HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately we’ve been very slow in securing funding to roll this material out, and it’s a big priority for the coming months. Some of the materials are available below, sincere thanks to everyone who’s been involved.
Disability
Many of the most vulnerable children in Africa never even attend school, due to a variety of inhibitors. Technology offers an unprecedented opportunity to challenge the stigma and difficulties facing disabled children in the hundreds of communities in which we work. Eleanor Smyth produced this great report on how to mainstream Disability in an ICT4D project. She also produced a huge amount of material for a Disability Education module, including the assistive technologies that will be introduced to Camara Schools.
Gender
Amartya Sen has demonstrated that two of the biggest influences on promoting development are female education and female employment opportunities (both of which he’d call ‘agency’). Eimear Rouine and César López Teba produced this groundbreaking module on Gender Education, which to the best of our knowledge is the only one of its kind in the world. (In chrome or Firefox press F11 to see it in full screen mode)
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is obviously an enormous factor for any development organisation working in Lesotho (with a prevalence rate of 23%). Des O’ Connell produced the Respect Programme for the Hub, and Jeanne Barrett developed the accompanying Respect Teacher’s Manual. Between them they’re a very powerful educational tool, and certainly the only localised example we know of for the country.