User:TEKEDU

TEKEDU known as Tech Education aims to broaden the reach of technology and ICT education to every corner of in Moldova through the Computer Education for Orphanages initiative which will contribute to the reduction of poverty and promoting the acquisition of skills to foster self-reliance by providing technological access to children and teenager in orphanages.

Our objectives are to 1. Empower orphanages for ICT Education and Development in Moldova 2. Empower orphans with IT skills and improve the standard and method of ICT education in orphanages. 3. Strengthen orphanages and create opportunities for marginalized, underprivileged and disadvantaged orphanages and communities in Moldova. 4. Create ongoing opportunities to perform corporate social responsibility within local communities. 5. Promote entrepreneurship and employment of youth. 6. Promote partnerships between youth organizations and the local government and promote gender main streaming in urban youth development. 7. Empower the poor and disadvantaged to improve their communities through technical skills (Long term objective) 8. Work towards Moldova achieving its Millennium Development Goals (Goal 8, Target 18) in the area of ICT (Long term objective) which is in cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.

Target Group

The project will be implemented in orphanages in Moldova with the purpose of benefitting children and teenagers within the ages of 4 to 19 years. These orphanages are estimated to have an average population of more than 8000 children and teenagers each with gender ratio of 35% of male and 65% of female. In the first year of this program which will kick start in 2014, TEKEDU current estimate is that at least more than 160 children and teenager will be impacted as the inaugural step of the project implementation which is 20% of the estimated 8,000 children and teenagers living in orphanages. TEKEDU will seek collaboration, funding, donations and support from the Individuals, Companies, Organisations, Associations and Government agencies both local and international. In the first stage of the project implementation, TEKEDU should be able to set up at least two (2) ICT laboratories in two (2) orphanages in Moldova, an estimated of 80 computers with ICT training facilities will be made available. TEKEDU ratio One Computer for TWO and MORE children and teenagers because this will create social interaction between peers and the possibilities to generate ideas and invention between each other. After the inaugural year of implementation and with the successful project ran in two (2) orphanages, TEKEDU will be able to expand to other orphanages across the country with potential partners and collaborators will be committed to setting up ICT laboratories in every orphanages in Moldova by the end of three (3) years.

Need Assessments of Orphanages

The need assessments is a statistical indicator that help us know number of orphanages and their needs for ICT equipment to setup ICT laboratories. There 61 orphanages in Moldova:

2 orphanages for small children 5 orphanages for children 7 to 16 29 auxiliary boarding schools 9 institutions for physically disabled children 3 institutions for children with poor eyesight 3 institutions for children with medical issues 2 institutions for children with severe disabilities 6 institutions for hearing impaired children 2 specialty schools for children with disciplinary disorders