Goal:
To give children of disadvantaged background better opportunities in life by giving them access to the digital era.
Objectives:
Spreading of computer skills among disadvantaged youth.
Creating job opportunity to disadvantaged youth.
Stimulating empowerment and social awareness.
Integration of BCCP Adolescents program in Computer education course.
Lowering the threshold to computer skill related jobs.
Spreading of BCCP Program materials through electronic, interactive media.
Joined forces:
Initiative:
Expanding Horizon Foundation
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organization: Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP), Dhaka
Implementation:
Community Participation Development (CPD), Mohammadpur, Dhaka
Three programs:
Basic course
Running the computer
Typing
Introduction in Word, Excel, Mail, Internet
Advanced course
Creating templates in Word, programming functions in Excel
Powerpoint
HTML
Out of school course
Learning to write and read
Stimulating to follow education
Target groups:
Boys 12 years and older - Basic and Advanced
(schoolgoing or finished school)
Girls 12 years and older- Basic and Advanced
(schoolgoing or finished school)
Boys between 10 and 12 years Basic
(schoolgoing)
Girls between 10 and 12 years - Basic
(schoolgoing)
Out of school children Out of school program
Significant of the project:
Content:
Two years
Each course 11 weekly’s sessions (3 months)
Every 3 months: 5 groups of 20 children (50% from male and 50% female )
3 hours per session (one hour for instruction and two hours for practice)
Beneficiaries from working area of implementing community based NGO.
Goal of the pilot:
Explore the possibilities to expand with other NGOs
Explore the other funding sources for financial sustainability
Further detail would be available
on request at the following address:
Dr. Nazrul Haque,
Deputy Director (Project Implmentation)
BCCP
HOUSE # 3A, ROAD # 74, GULSHAN-2, DHAKA-1212
Tel : 9893362, 9891354, Fax: (880-2) 8854512
E-mail : nhaque@bangladesh-ccp.org