Community Building Initiative

Fantsuam Foundation's Bayanloco Community Learning Center initiative is the focus of their GEM evaluation. The project aims to use ICT as an additional tool for poverty alleviation in rural communities in Nigeria, by promoting access to ICT facilities and relevant skills for rural women.

Community Learning Centers with a library, computer access and community radio, are being established in rural communities with no access to telephone or electricity. Project components include training in computer literacy and microfinance.

In exchange for getting a desktop, laptop, and satellite phone, communities commit to maintaining the CLC, investing in a car battery to power the computers, and keeping up community data bases.

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