To be able to go to all nine schools in one week instead of three we had to split up. So on Wedsneday 3:30 AM, Joel and I left Oskar alone in Windhoek and began an adventurous 900 km long journey to the north of Namibia. Susan of Star for Life drove ahead of us, […]
Hi! We told you that we finally might go to schools today, but unfortunately events unfolded differently. So instead we offer you a picture of Joel :) The good news: 100 computers are now done and ready! So, the story will be continued on Monday. During the weekend we will visit Swakopmund by the sea, and […]
Hello! Finally we have some good news to tell you – we have gotten a go ahead from the ministry! We had the final meetings with the ministry in the beginning of the week, where it was decided that we can take the computers to the schools if they have the […]
Our first day began with being picked up by a sweet Life Skills Couch from Star for Life called Anneli. We were brought to the office to meet the rest and plan the start of our mission. (In Namibia the schools have a subject called life skills – cooool.) The city of Windhoek is quite […]
The 200 computers have now been picked up by the shipping company and are on their way to Namibia! DHL are sponsoring the shipment, big thanks to you ♥. Hopefully the computers will arrive before we do, and hopefully the customs procedure will go smoothly. Only laptops this year –> much smaller freight! See you!
The 20th of april we were at the REACT theme day called Volunteering Engineering. We held a presentation and told the attendees about what we do. REACT is a brand new organisation at Chalmers University of Technology. They know that students and companies want to aid meaningful changes in the world, so they work to […]
Today we made our third and maybe last visit at a sponsor’s office, this time at Opera Software. After a tour and a stop at the coffee and tea machines, we sat down and told Lisa Johansson at Opera all about this year’s project. Opera was eager to sponsor CESA as we are in line […]
Happy Easter to you! These Easter Eggs were given to us by Jessica Gold at Findwise this thursday at their office. Findwise will sponsor our project this year again – thank you! We sat down in one of their meeting rooms with a great view of the city, and discussed how the project is going this […]
Things are starting to get serious. One hundred computers were today delivered by Gothenburg City Västra Hisingen to our garage. This means that the project enters a more technical phase. We have started to create USB-sticks with which we can soon begin to install Offline Wikipedia and other educational software (Edubuntu) on the computers. This is the first […]
Hello friends, last week we were busy writing both exams and sponsor contracts. e-man will sponsor the CESA-project this year too, which we are very grateful for! Joel, Magnus Lindwall, Patricia and Oskar @ the e-man office in Gothenburg. After a quick tour of the office we sat down and explained how the project is […]