ICT OUTREACH AND FREE EYE SCREENING AT ANTWIAGYEIKROM

On the 17TH May Patriots Ghana KNUST (PGK) partnered the Young At Heart (YAH) Ghana organization for an ICT outreach to Antwiagyeikrom in the Ashanti Region. This was to mark the final ICT outreach of YAH’s Discover ICT project that seeks to educate school children on Information Communication and Technology (ICT). The organization has been to various rural communities such as Bredi, Abuabogya, Okyerekrom etc. This outreach brought together 47 volunteers from PGK and YAH together with volunteer optometrists for free eye screening and AIESEC volunteers and interns in Ghana. The team was introduced and received by the Headmaster Rev. Prince Charles and afterwards the volunteers dispersed to various classes from Class 1 to Junior High School 3. The students were enlightened on the communication, parts of the computer, types of computers, various basic operations and maintenance of the computer. The children were also taught an ICT song composed by YAH to help them remember what they had learned. The optometrists also screened the various children for possible eye defects and problems and advised the good practices to help them have good eye sight. During break and after the lessons the volunteers used the opportunity to advise the students on various social issues and also holding onto what they learnt.