{"id":7567,"date":"2013-01-20T09:31:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T17:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:33:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:33:50","slug":"all-100-edubuntu-computers-in-ghana-have-been-deployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/2013\/01\/all-100-edubuntu-computers-in-ghana-have-been-deployed\/","title":{"rendered":"All 100 Edubuntu computers in Ghana have been deployed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October I spent 2 weeks in Ghana helping a team begin a deployment of 100 desktops shipped to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africaictright.com\/\">Africa ICT Right<\/a> in Ghana by <a href=\"http:\/\/computereach.com\/\">Computer Reach<\/a> based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately due to a series of unforeseen events, we weren&#8217;t able to see the deployment of all 100 systems to completion. While we were able to do a lot of useful work, when the last of the Computer Reach team left only 10 had actually been fully deployed. I summarized our trip <a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=7098\">here<\/a>. In November I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=7246\">this update<\/a> which described the pickup of the systems for other regions, and the deployment of another 10 systems to Madina No.1 School.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to report that since then they were able to get the other 80 systems deployed!<\/p>\n<p>50 of these remaining systems went to schools in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gomoa_East_District\">Gomoa East District<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>12 to Akotsi Zion Basic School<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/gomoa_akotsi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/gomoa_akotsi_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Teacher training at Akotsi Zion Basic School<\/small><\/div>\n<p>12 to Ekwamkrom Methodist Junior High School<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/ekwamkrom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/ekwamkrom_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Students on their computers at Ekwamkrom Methodist JHS<\/small><\/div>\n<p>26 to Aboso -Benso District Assembly Junior High School<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/gomoa_benso.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/gomoa_benso_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>Teacher training at Aboso -Benso D\/A JHS<\/small><\/div>\n<p>Press releases about these deployments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernghana.com\/news\/433437\/1\/air-donates-50-computers-in-gomoa-east.html\">AIR DONATES 50 COMPUTERS IN GOMOA EAST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernghana.com\/news\/433644\/1\/air-train-30-teachers-in-gomoa-east.html\">AIR TRAIN 30 TEACHERS IN GOMOA EAST<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, the Africa ICT Right team headed north to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Gonja_District\">West Gonja District<\/a> to deploy the remaining 30 systems to Drive Aid Ghana.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/damongo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/012013\/damongo_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<small>One of the labs set up for Drive Aid Ghana<\/small><\/div>\n<p>Press release about this deployment: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernghana.com\/news\/436185\/1\/africa-ict-right-air-intensifies-computer-educatio.html\">Africa ICT Right (AIR) Intensifies Computer Education In Damongo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A quick calculation shows that for this deployment of 100 computers, over 1500 students will be given the opportunity to work on these systems by having them in their schools. Over 80 teachers and volunteers throughout these regions have also been trained the basics of Ubuntu and on the educational software software being shipped with these Edubuntu systems. It was quite an honor to be invited on this adventure that has come to such a successful completion, I hope I can do more in the future to help these organizations continue to support these deployments and more.<\/p>\n<p>Time for me to go update the <a href=\"http:\/\/edubuntu.org\/deployments\">Edubuntu Deployments page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October I spent 2 weeks in Ghana helping a team begin a deployment of 100 desktops shipped to Africa ICT Right in Ghana by Computer Reach based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately due to a series of unforeseen events, we weren&#8217;t able to see the deployment of all 100 systems to completion. 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