Kambisa Livingstone 29 June:
In our first week of Livingstone we explored the city for local internet cafes. Our primary task is to keep the Kambisa website up-to-date so our public knows what we are doing.
While scouting the city, we got in contact with a local internet cafe and managed to make an arrangement. We helped and advised them in developing more, and in exchange we get to reserve the cafe to give trainings to our participants.
We also arranged free (limited) internet for the Kambisa! crew in exchange for our knowledge. We attempted to upload pictures and blogs to the Kambisa! website with the internet access that we obtained from the internet cafe.
Unfortunately, the internet connection here was also very unstable and unreliable like the ones in Lusaka. Because of this, it took us a lot of time, effort and by mostly patience to upload a few pictures and blogs to the Kambisa! website.
The second week in Livingstone..
Since we arranged workspace for our trainings, it was time to find participants. We found teenagers from the compounds of Maramba who liked to learn more about computers.
Because the internet in Zambia is in development, it seemed us to be a good idea to show them more about the internet. Soon internet will be booming in Zambia, and it would be great to give some teenagers a push.
In the first training, we explained the purpose of email and guided each individual through the process of making one and managing email.
Even though we are aware that this might have been a step to high, the Zambian students proved to be quick learners and could easily top up with the lessons (ref: Lusaka).
With their new email account freshly from the bakery, we were able to take it a step further and guide them with making their own myspace.com page.
The participants liked our trainings and will hopefully share their experience and new knowledge with their friends and families.