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International Volunteer Day 2010
To celebrate International Volunteer Day, Comhlamh is holding a seminar titled;
“Volunteering: A Stepping Stone to a Career in Development”
The Keynote Speaker is – Humanitarian Don Mullan, followed by Insight from Concern Worldwide’s HR Manager. Advice on careers in the sector will be presented by a panel of speakers followed by a Q & A session [...]
Christmas Cake Sale
Camara staged its first annual Christmas Cake Sale at the Delicious Cáfe in the Digital Depot on Friday December 4th.
The event was attended by many and turned out to be a complete success, raising €490.
This once again demonstrated the generosity of the Digital Hubs employees and the support (once again) of Camara as their charity.
Congratulations [...]
Posted in Fundraising Also tagged Cake sale, Christmas Cake Sale, Delicious Cáfe, Fundraising, Thanks, The Digital Depot, The Digital Hub 1 Comment
18 schools equipped for Uganda
Many thanks to all of the volunteers who helped with another Thursday evening of packing. The lastest forty foot container has enough computers for 18 schools (542 computers with roughly 25 for each school).
Year to date, Camara has equipped more than 196 schools in Africa with computer equipment packed with educational resources. These tools of [...]
551 PC’s for Tanzania
It may have been Arthur’s Day, but there was no sign of the black stuff around the workshop as the latest Camara shipment was packed for Tanzania.
Many thanks to all the volunteers and Camara staff who helped out in packing the container.
Thanks to Alex Bacik for the selection of images.
For more photos, please visit our [...]
Jungle Fever
Hi,
Here I am on my balcony in Kampala, Uganda on a Sunday evening with a large glass of white enjoying the sun going down and waiting for my double cheese burger and chips takeway order, my wife is away, what is a man to do? My thoughts turn to the fact that I need to [...]
Arrival in Lesotho/Week 1: July 30, 2009
After a long but interesting journey, I finally arrived in Lesotho! The landscape, with it’s beautiful mountains, is really stunning! We are based for the first week in a town called TY for short; its about a 40 mins drive from Maseru, the capital city. The people here are really friendly and curious about us [...]
83 Training volunteers getting ready to leave for Africa
83 volunteers are leaving Dublin on July 3 to teach basic and advanced ICT computer skills in 7 countries in Africa for 4 weeks. The volunteers, who come from a range of backgrounds, including IT, teachers and students, will be teaching basic to advanced computer skills in Camara’s computer hubs and to teachers in schools [...]
Year End Summary