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Computer School Upgrade

A major project has just been completed at MEC to upgrade the computer school and computing equipment.   The “IT Services Improvement Project” was initiated by Friends of Makeni in Holland, and in particular by Paul Jongeling and Vera Ootes. … Continue reading

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2012 Adult Training Programme

For forty years Makeni Centre has been providing training to adult learners in a variety of vocational subjects, including computer skills, agriculture, carpentry, food production, electronics and tailoring. Fees have always been kept to an affordable level, in keeping with … Continue reading

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Broadband arrives…

Broadband has finally arrived at MEC! It’s been a long time coming and is not cheap, but when one counts all the failed attempts to connect by dial-up, sometimes running into a dozen or more, each charged, then it doesn’t … Continue reading

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Computer School

Here you can see our IT trainer Joseph Mumba, and a group of Makeni Centre Primary School children attending computer lessons. They are using a mixture of computers, some gifts from the Open University in the UK and others recently … Continue reading

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