The summary below was provided by the Peace Corps Volunteer and the community administering this project.

The beneficiaries of this joint project are students at five Filipino public high schools. These students are children of farmers, sari-sari (convenience store) owners, teachers, drivers, tailors, and other small-town professions. This funding will help provide them with more computer access.

Computers in schools can help prepare students for our modern day world that is filled with technology, making them more competitive in today's job market. With more computer access, students can learn workplace skills, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. Computers with Internet access can connect our students to valuable resources otherwise not available to them, such as the most up-to-date information on a research topic.

We are five Peace Corps Volunteers in the Philippines asking for your help in providing computers for our five respective schools. Your contribution would help us obtain 200 computers at discounted prices via World Computer Exchange and impact 5,445 students and 224 teachers.

The schools have committed to improving the computer literacy of their students and will be supporting this project through providing rooms for the computers, as well as transporting the computers from Manila to their respective school. Additionally, the schools either already have Internet connection or are making efforts to get Internet connection. The PCPP funds will be used to purchase 200 computers ($8,000) and ship them ($3,200). Donating just $60 can provide a computer unit with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to a school in need.

Maraming salamat po! (Thank you very much!)

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