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Shababeek
project: The IT Community
Centers for Children and Youth
Project Overview
The Community Information Technology Centers for Children and Youth or
“Shababeek”, seek to assist community development by advancing
children's skills and abilities in the field of information technology.
The idea is to build the capacity and skills of Palestinian children by
improving their knowledge and awareness of worldwide technology
developments through information sessions and audiovisual educational
aids. The Centers also provide children with the opportunity to learn
about various software programs so that they can express themselves by
developing child-specific projects and by participating in local and
global competitions and events.
Activities
10 "Shababeek" IT Community Centers for Children and Youth were
established throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip to help develop the
technology-related skills of Palestinian children and youth through
curricular and extracurricular activities.
Local Partners
- Civil society organizations and local NGO’s.
- Village councils and municipalities.
- Computer centers
Locations
Shababeek Centers in the West Bank:.jpg)
Esaad Al-Tofouleh
in partnership with Hebron municipality, Child Center in partnership
with Jericho municipality, Minko Sharek Center in partnership with
Nablus municipality, Siraj IT Center in partnership with Salfit
municipality, Community Computer Center in partnership with Bidya
municipality, Kufr Dan Youth Center in partnership with Kufr Dan Village
Council, Arraba Youth Center in partnership with Arraba municipality,
Shababeek Centers
in the Gaza Strip:
Rafah Youth Center
in partnership with Rafah municipality, Community Computer Center –
Jabalya, and Khan Yunes Youth Center in partnership with Khan Yunes
municipality.
Success Stories
Mahmoud Husam 11 years old
tells us his story: “I used to know a little bit about how to use the
computer and some applications and programs such as MS Word, but because
of the lack of information available about these programs I felt bored
and ended up just playing computer games. But now, after my
participation in Shababeek I can use MS Office programs and applications
very confidently, in addition to that I can now use the Photoshop
program by merging pictures and making some designs.
Husam Hamoury 12
years old
from Hebron and beneficiary of Shababeek project says that he too used
to use the computer only for playing games but now he can design things
on Photoshop. Husam went on to make a website for himself and post all
of the designs that he produced on the website. Have a look yourself! Go
to:
www.husam.ts4kids.com |
