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Update from our GM in Africa

Half way down the East coast of Africa there’s a small island called Lamu. It’s no surprise to visitors that Lamu is a UNESCO world heritage site; this is a paradise on earth. If you wander down the narrow streets, avoiding the donkeys (no motorised transport on Lamu) and stumble upon the small main square, [...]
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Camara’s new ischools initiative gets mention in Irish Times opinion piece

Giving it up for the enterprise generation The Irish Times – Friday, July 9, 2010 There are people out there who are getting on with getting on, and taking power back into their capable hands, writes AILISH CONNELLY ENTERPRISE, ENERGY and enthusiasm are not quite such endangered qualities as we have been led to believe. When the [...]
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Seán Moncrieffs idea of a no-brainer!

Listen to Seán Moncrieff as he lends his talents to help launch Camara's Christmas appeal to help fund the transportation of thousands of computers to learning centres across Africa this Christmas.

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Education For All: Class of 2015

75 million children are out of schoool, and millions more struggle to stay in school. This is a battle we can win – with the right political will and resources Education for All is possible. This short film was produced for the Education for All: Class of 2015 that was launched at the UN in September [...]
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Snow…. Some musings

I strongly feel that snow is like the bus… the people who think it’s fantastic aren’t the ones who actually have to go out in it. So while I will grant that the heavy falls yesterday were really lovely, they paled in comparison to the drudgery of a three hour commute home. The snow’s also evoking [...]
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M&E… and Sarah Palin

I started with Camara back in November, and I’ve had all the intentions in the world of blogging before this- yet for some reason it hasn’t happened. I think the main reason is that my job might come across as being about as interesting as a book of philosophy written by Sarah Palin. Actually, scratch [...]
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Huge Thanks

Huge Thanks to all those who helped out at the Camara stand at this year’s Young Scientist Exhibition, 3 days straight. Apart from the computer parts quiz and wikepedia quiz on our stand, we had a daily word search or quiz for the students participating, and many hands on deck to talk to all [...]
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