Children with disabilities get free computer training

THE Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) with financial support from the United Women for Special Children (UWSC), is currently implementing a three-month computer skills training programme for children with disabilities.

The initiative, fully funded by the UWSC Group, is underway at the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR, Port Mourant Centre in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne).

The UWSC Group has covered the cost for the instructors, provided a complete computer system to the centre and through one of its members donated another computer system to the centre.

The programme which began in April will conclude in the first week of July. The children are exposed to sessions in Introductory Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and basic computer use.

Approximately 17 students with varying types of disabilities are part of the programme and the sessions are taught twice per week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The UWSC Group has reportedly been very supportive to the GCOPD and its member agencies over the years, funding a number of necessary projects. These include the ‘Independent Living Skills Day Camp’ for children with vision disabilities in 2017, and the conversion of hard copy textbooks into electronic formats to make the information accessible to children with vision disabilities.

The group has ongoing support programmes for a number of the special schools across Guyana and has also assisted a number of individuals and children with disabilities to improve their lives.

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