Ongoing Goals, Plan & Events

Our work is far from over. Connecting Congo would like to bring an additional 25 laptops to the Center along with a projector to aid teachers in their lectures. Once this Center is fully equipped, Connecting congo will proceed with starting a second center in another rural area village.

Connecting Congo is committed to helping improve the education system, but in order to achieve this, it will take a lot of support and financial help! We were organizing a 5K Fun-Run/Walk called "Bridge to an Education" scheduled in April 2011.  But we had to cancel this event due to the lack of turn out of participants in the registration for it. We hope you can still contribute through donation of a laptop or any amount.

Our goal is to raise enough money to equip the first center with the rest of the needed equipment and start the second center.

We believe that each laptop doesn't just change a life, it changes the entire community and the Nation!

The First Connecting Congo Learning Center

David and Mary just returned from a trip to the DRC where they collaborated with the locals in Moba-Port, a town on the coast of Lake Tanganyika, to set up the first Connecting Congo Learning Center. They delivered the first 10 laptops to the Center and then spent two weeks training the first group of teachers (23 people total), who have since gone on to train an additional 60 teachers on how to use the educational programs installed on the programs.

Most of the teachers commented after learning how to use the encyclopedia we installed on the computers that they will "finally be able to teach with confidence!" This was very encouraging for us to hear! Great changes are happening in that village already. People are being empowered and are finding it possible to believe that change will happen and that they can play a part in it.

We will be posting more updates and images soon!

Mary’s Connecting Congo Trip Update

“Finally, we can teach with confidence!” This was said by an individual in the first group of people that my husband and I trained how to use a computer.  David & I just returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 31st after having been there since July 25th.  We spent that time training a group of 22 people, mainly consisting of teachers and a few individuals that had volunteered to help.

This was my first time in Africa and it was definitely life changing. Most of the time, the only information in the media about Congo has to do with war, rebels, starvation, corruption, or kleptocracy.  What I experienced while there for a month was anything but the aforementioned.  I was so warmly welcomed into their community– rich with gratitude, joy, dedication, and perseverance.  They ARE survivors.

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