Library Transformation at Boarding School for High Achieving Students

Students at Higa School smiling in the boys' dormitory 

In the fall of 2017, Higa Model Boarding High School opened its doors to the highest achieving students from across the Kembata-Tembaro Zone. Higa Model was constructed to provide a rigorous 4 year academic experience for the best performing students to excel and pursue their dream of attending university.

WEEMA is honored to participate in this community effort by constructing the school's new library. Over the coming months, WEEMA will transform the room in the photo below into a top-notch facility for students, complete with computers, books and furniture. The school was founded and supported by "Gogotacare",  a local Kembata-Tembaro organization, and the campus was donated by the Zonal (State) government. This school and its students are the pride of the community and WEEMA is thrilled to be a part of its success. 

WEEMA attends Information & Communications Technology for Development Conference

Several members of the WEEMA team traveled to Zambia for the Information & Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) conference that kicked off yesterday.

This is the 10th year of ICT4D and the conference serves as a space to share how innovations in technology have made organizations more successful. The conversations center around applying technology to development and humanitarian challenges in particular.

WEEMA is speaking about our mHealth and digital early learning work with fellow attendees. We are excited to share and to gather some new ideas for our programs! 

WEEMA brings tablets to two new kindergartens

On Monday, WEEMA began to implement our digital literacy project in two community-based kindergartens!

The schools selected for the digital literacy program, Hodo and Gaecha kindergartens in the Tembaro district, were built by the community to meet the needs of their children. Both were provided with tablets to serve a group of 240 kindergarten students who attend in two shifts.

The tablets function as an interactive workbook by supplementing lessons taught by the teacher. They are loaded with math, science, reading and art curriculum developed for each day of the school year.

Two students share each tablet and work together to complete the lesson or assignment. The photos reveal how this teaching method encourages peer-to-peer learning.

WEEMA is excited to bring innovative approaches to education, and can’t wait to see these kindergartners progress in their reading!