While tourists trek to Kenya seeking sun and safari, the reality of life in its capital Nairobi can be bleak. Currently, 60 per cent of the city's population live in slums.
But in 2005, British Airways' cabin crew staff heard about an order of Irish nuns, based in the slum town of Mukuru, who work with children in four schools in the area. This led to BA's involvement, along with partners Microsoft and Cisco, in helping modernise these schools and providing them with an IT suite. BA has donated 200 reconditioned PCs and this access to the internet now provides an infinite library.
Comparisons with schools without IT facilities have shown that with the addition of the computers, the children's exam results have improved and learning speeds have since boosted.
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