IN LINE with its ongoing drive to provide internet connection technology tools and internet connectivity among communities, Vodacom Millionaires extended a helping hand by donating computer labs to Sebalamakgolo and Khataza High School in Phalaborwa last Wednesday.
The donation comes as part of their commitment in providing technology and internet connectivity to previously disadvantaged schools. The popular TV game show Vodacom Millionaires that is broadcast every Tuesday evening on e-TV, gives away four fully equipped computer centres to schools across the country every month.
The schools each received 20 learner laptops, one educator laptop, an interactive white board, projector, a server, printer, cartridges and data. According to Vodacom all the donated equipment is maintained for two years and all teachers at the school receive training and continue to receive support through a dedicated call centre.
Vodacom Group chief officer corporate affairs, Maya Makanjee said the project was in line with Vodacom’s ongoing drive to help provide internet connection technology tools and internet connectivity to communities that do not have access.
“By providing this technology and access to internet services we are helping to improve the quality of education and uplift learners and teachers,” Makanjee said. Sebalamakgolo High School principal Phineus Pilusa said the gift would further enhance the educational experience for the learners and would offer teachers an additional tool to prepare more efficiently for lessons.
The Vodacom Millionaires initiative, founded in 2005, is now in its ninth year and recently started revisiting over 280 schools that received computer centres in the past to ensure that they had the most up to date hardware and software. Public schools that are in need of computer centres should apply and can stand a chance of winning. Application forms can be obtained from the Vodacom website or by calling the Vodacom Millionaires call centre at 082 243 2082 free from a Vodacom phone.
