Who Are We?
The organisation is grounded in a strong legacy of community-driven education. The founder and Chairperson of Computers 4 KZN Schools (Dr Phindile Shangase), draws inspiration from a personal family history of educational development, as her grandfather (Ezrom Shangase) was the founder of KwaShangase Primary School, located in Thafamasi Village, Ndwedwe, South Africa.
We aim to enhance educational attainment of rural schools through technology enhanced learning as well as improvement of digital skills for both learners and educators. Computer and tablets donations are at the centre of our work. Old and non-functional computers that can longer be used assist in enabling students to learn more about their components, thereby serving as an inspiration to venture into computer technology studies in the future.
Rural schools in KwaZulu-Natal lack digital educational resources, Internet access and school libraries. Therefore educational digital content is uploaded on the computers, including the chance to practice the use of keyboard. Training in basic computer skills is provided to both learners and educators.
We seek computer donations from Universities, Companies as well as the general public. Our volunteer who is IT graduate then checks the functionality of the donated computers and then we identify the school they are to be donated to.
