Innovative Supply of Computers for Schools

THE DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW

My name is Ezra Kadima. I live in the western province of Kenya and am the founder of ‘THE DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW,’ a project that assists school going children/pupils/students obtain meaningful computer training and skills relevant to everyday living in East Africa.
I am a certified public accountant; banker and journalist with a great dream to support my community and country go digital, a step that will indeed change the lives and livelihoods of our people.

The decision to establish this fifteen years project was informed by the six core factors:
1. Our countries’ desire to provide computer studies to all schools as a key parameter on the achievement of the set goals for vision 2030
2. High costs involved in the purchase and maintenance of computers and its accessories is indeed a hindrance to the schools who would like to have.
3. A qualified computer instructor is an additional headache for these institutions
4. Most of the computer projects in the schools are done casually and require a professional touch that will bring real meaning and sense not as an exercise to pass time.
5. Willingness by well-wishers to support learning programs though get discouraged seeing the resources contributed going to waste and do not grow to help more projects come up.
6. Why should a student/pupil/child attend computer lessons for at least 4 years in high school/elementary school, only to retrain on basic computer application programs in college?

WHAT WE STAND FOR (VISION)

To facilitate computer learning and affiliate programs be easily available, sustainable and has got great room for growth that makes educational sensible and learning exciting in East Africa.

OUR MISSION

We will partner with individuals and organizations of like minds to deliver computer hardware and software facilities, including computer studies books in digital form, to our clients that will transform their lives and livelihoods.

HOW WE DO IT

1. DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW will sign an agreement with the educational institution agreeing that 15 computers and one printer shall be delivered to them not at the institutions cost nor will they pay for their purchase but will keep them under their custody.
2. The computer machines and printer remain the property of DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW who will service and maintain the machines , all machines shall have a stock code and on delivery complete an asset delivery form to be acknowledged by the school.
3. DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW shall employ a qualified instructor to run the computer lab. This instructor shall be paid remuneration by DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW.
4. To be eligible the interested educational institution shall have at least 300 students/pupils. The school shall collect ksh 50/week/student as computer maintenance fee which indeed translates to ksh 600/student/term of 3 months .This is on average half cost for most of academies that charge averagely ksh 1200/student/term as computer fee.
5. Income shall be spent as :
a) 10% reward to the school shall also cater for electricity power bills
b) 8% maintenance and repair
c) 35% administrative costs ( remuneration inclusive)
d) 27% income ploughed back to new projects and expansion.
e) 20% to programme sponsors – MavenCORE
f) 2% savings

6. DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW shall provide additional services including and not limited to:
a) Internet connectivity (one year after establishment of the project) free
b) Printing and typing services at half cost.

WHAT MAKES ‘‘DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW’’ RELEVANT

This project lives in the future ‘‘tomorrow’’ by focusing on challenges today, we are glad to become the champions of leaders by leading our people from what they know to what they don’t know but what is certain to take place. This project will address many challenges including and not limited to:

1. Sponsors/financiers will be assured that their resources have been well utilized, accounted for and objectives achieved.
2. Educational institutions that are unable to buy computers due to high cost however they are willing to offer a great service can get a helping hand.
3. DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW will never leave its client alone; we will still bring an instructor to help our client at our cost.
4. A 20% reward to the school shows clearly what our core business is ‘‘transforming lives and livelihoods’’ we are non -profit organization and we will celebrate to plough back our income to spur more growth and expansion.
5. A great source of employment for the community as we will source an instructor from the same community.
6. Free internet for the school and printing costs at half price has never been heard of and indeed it will promote studying and research.
7. We do not only ask our sponsors for financial help alone we also request you that you can send to us your additional computers that you are not using actively we can refurbish and put them into reasonable use. Donating a computer will greatly help SAVE on overhead costs of purchasing a new one. You are welcome.

2019/2020 BUDGET
NUMBER OF QUANTITY COST (KSH) TOTAL
PROJECTS-4 (schools)
Desk tops 60 15000 900,000.00

PRINTERS 4 10,000 40,000.000

TRANSPORTATION 50,000.000

LOGISTICS & CONTIGENCIES 100,000.000

TOTALS 1,090,000.00

IMPLEMENTATION

The year 2019/2020 is scheduled to accommodate 12 projects that will be done in two faces as indicated below:

FACE 1 SEP-JANUARY 2019/2020 2 PROJECTS

FACE 2 MAY -SEPTEMBER 2020 2 PROJECTS

ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE

PROJECT ESTIMATED NO. OF STUDENTS WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION 50/WK/STUDENT
50*300 MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION YEARLY CONTRIBUTION
60000*9
1
300 15000 60000 540000
2
300 15000 60000 540000
3
300 15000 60000 540000
4 300 15000 60000 540000

GRAND TOTALS 2,160,000

SUMMARY
TOTAL CONTRIBUTION 2,160,000

LESS
10% reward to the school (216,000)
8% maintenance (172800)
35% Admin costs (756,000)
20% contributions /repayments grant/loan (432,000)
25% reinvestment-plough back (540,000)— (2,116,800)
2% Savings 43200

MY PLEA

THE DIGITAL WORLD TOMORROW sincerely hereby humbly appeal to you to partner with us, send to us well maintained high speed desk tops/laptops, you can similarly send us funds to purchase the machines we will be glad to advice you on the process. Do not hesitate to write to us via the email below. We will be glad to nurture this noble course and indeed when years turn our vision dim and grey we shall still see beauty in the tired wrinkles of our faces and shall still get comfort out of the fact that when we were given opportunity we did all we could to empower our people to educational prosperity.