Camara does fantastic work in disadvantaged communities

I was delighted to meet John Fitzsimons and Steven Daly from Camara this week.

Camara uses technology to improve education and livelihood skills in disadvantaged communities around the world.
Camara is an International organisation dedicated to using technology to improve education and livelihood skills in disadvantaged communities around the world. With better education we expect these communities to break the cycle of poverty they find themselves in.
Founded nine years ago in Dublin, Ireland the organisation has built a proven model of ‘education delivery’ that is both sustainable and highly scalable. 700,000 children in poor communities have been made digitally literate by Camara over this period.
To do this, Camara has:

• provided eLearning Centres to over 2,500 schools in Africa, Ireland and the Caribbean
• installed nearly 48,000 computers
• trained over 12,000 teachers on how to use the technology for learning purposes

Camara is a registered charity in Ireland, the UK and is re-applying for 501(c)3 status in the US,
It currently operates seven Education Hubs in Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda, Lesotho, Tanzania), one in Jamaica and one in Ireland. All Hubs operate as social enterprises and are financially sustainable after one year.
Camara has won a number of awards: The Vodafone World of Difference Award; The Arthur Guinness Award; The David Manley Award; The Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Award; The Lord Mayor’s Award (Dublin); and The Global Development Network ‘Most Innovative Development Project’ Award. Find about more about Camara’s awards.

You can visit their web page at www.camara.org