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BUILDING SECURITY THROUGH COMPUTING IN CAMBODIA PROJECT
Duration
June 2006 - May 2008
Donors
Microsoft Unlimited Potential Grant.
Overview
Pact has entered into a partnership with
Microsoft for the Microsoft: Building Security through Computing in
Cambodia Project. The purpose of this 24-month project is to enhance
the computer competence of NGOs that work with women at risk of
trafficking by providing training in the Microsoft curriculum
through public access computer centers (Community Information
Centers-CICs). The project will also pilot computer literacy as a
potential anti-trafficking tool with at risk women in year two.
Currently, there are an estimated 100 NGOs in
Cambodia working directly with women at risk. The capacity within a
majority of these NGOs to fully utilize computers in support of
organizational excellence is limited as is their ability to use
computer literacy as a tool in their anti-trafficking work.
Within 24 months, an estimated 150 NGOs (100
NGOs working with at risk women and 50 indirectly working with at
risk women) will have more than 557 staff directly trained through
the Microsoft curriculum; staff of 7 NGO CICs will be prepared to
support use of the Microsoft curriculum in their local areas and 10
women will have participated in a pilot to assess the feasibility of
basic computer literacy training for women at risk of trafficking.
WORTH, Microsoft Approach
Goals
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To increase the computer literacy skills of
NGOs that work with at risk women
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To establish a network of NGO staff to train
and support NGOs that work with at risk women
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To seed computer literacy as a viable
contributor to economic security for at risk women
Objectives
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To train staff of Cambodian NGOs that work
with at risk women to serve as trainers utilizing the Microsoft
curriculum
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To increase the computer literacy of NGOs
that work with at risk women
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To increase the number of public access NGO
Computer Centers teaching the Microsoft curriculum
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To pilot a methodology for developing
computer literacy with at risk women based on the Microsoft
curriculum
Achievements to Date
I. Training of Trainers (ToT) on Computer
Skills:
Pact Cambodia provided ToTs through a
subcontract with Information Computer School (ICS) to NGOs working
on anti-trafficking women. The ToT focused on six components of the
Microsoft computer curriculum:
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Computer Fundamentals;
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Internet and World Wide Web Fundamentals;
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Word Processing Fundamentals;
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Presentation Fundamentals;
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Database Fundamentals;
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Spreadsheet Fundamentals
At present, 153 individuals (35 women) of
50 NGOs working on anti-trafficking, attended the
Training of Trainers on Computer Skills.
II. Echo-Training by Community Information
Center (CIC):
Two NGO partners, Buddhism For Development & Khmer
Institute of Democracy, have provided training on Computer Skills
with the six components of Microsoft curriculum at 7CICs to NGOs
working on anti-trafficking of women. The 7 CICs are located in
Battambang, Bantey Meanchey, Pailin, Siem Reap, Kampong Cham, Kratie,
and Svay Rieng provinces.
To date, total of 525 individuals (238 women)
from 156 NGOs participated in the first and second sessions of
computer training skills that were provided by staff of CICs. In
addition, 2,511 individuals have used computers to access
information at 7 CIC's. |
