Overview by the Numbers:

Currently Serving: 1,400+ learners

<aside> <img src="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" alt="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Summary of Team4Tech Contributions and Collaborations (2024):

• Partnership began in 2022
• $30,000 in grant support </aside>

Background:

<aside> 📌 Far Away Friends exists to equip youth in rural communities with the tools to break cycles of poverty forever.

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🤝 Partnership Objectives:

Far Away Friends opened Global Leaders Primary School (GLP) in the Amolatar region of Uganda in 2016. Now that Global Leaders Primary School is fully equipped with robust solar power throughout their entire campus, they are partnering with Team4Tech to work towards bridging the digital divide for students in rural Amolatar District by bringing technology into their classrooms and providing technology training(s) to teachers within their Sister School Network. Partnership with Team4Tech supports Far Away Friends’ investment in developing their ****first computer lab and becoming the first school in their district offering computer literacy education to students at the primary school level – a game changer for kids who have never touched a computer in their lives. They exploring the possibility of installing an internet tower on their campus and bringing internet connectivity to their school community to enhance the quality and diversity of learning within their classrooms. On an operational level, Far Away Friends is working towards developing an M&E tool for tracking student growth and impact.

Far Away Friends Partnership Overview

📊 Metrics:

Learner Engagement

• Students' core tech skills
• Frequency of tech use for academic purposes

Learner Growth

• Student academic performance (literacy and numeracy growth)
• Primary leaving exam scores

Teacher and Staff Effectiveness

• Teachers' core tech skills
• Teacher efficiency, motivation, confidence, and collaboration

Organizational Sustainability and Scale

• Learners reached
• Centers/programs
• Outreach/events
• Community partnerships

Grant Budget Analysis:

<aside> <img src="/icons/library_gray.svg" alt="/icons/library_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Far Away Friends puts their grant budget toward:

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• technological infrastructure investments for their computer lab, ICT materials, and improvement on tech capacity
• materials for improving internet capacity
• trainings on ICT, data collection, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

Skilled Volunteering Projects:

Far Away Friends has not engaged in a project with Team4Tech yet.

Partnership Impact:

⭐️ Team4Tech’s grant support has allowed Far Away Friends to invest in their computer lab and internet capacity, two long-term goals of theirs in the partnership. This financial support has transformed their Global Leaders Nursery and Primary School with the establishment of a fully equipped computer laboratory. Far Away Friends is the first school in the region offering tech/computer training to students at a primary level, leading in the efforts to bridge the digital divide for students. Far Away Friends reports that students are displaying enthusiastic engagement, as evidenced by consistent early arrivals and active participation in computer lessons.