Computers In Homes has been all go in the South

Wow - our first six months has been a full on time in the South.  We have graduated two groups from Gore with much pride and emotion from our whanau.  It has been great to see the development of our learners, starting with not knowing how to use a mouse through to emailing us when they were online.
We were very fortunate to have Tim Findlay from Remarkit attend a recent graduation - thanks Tim for joining us for a special celebration.  We have worked closely with Vanessa who works as a whanau support working in Gore and Mataura.  She has worked hard to support the families in their learning.
Our wonderful tutor, Kendall Harrington continues to get endless accolades for his superb training and patience.  A programme is only as good as the tutor - so Kai pai to Kendall for his committment to the programme.

Graduation in Mataura

A great celebration was held at Mataura School on 26th May with eight students graduating.  Local Councilor and Deputy Mayor, Cliff Bolger congratulated  the families on their achievement completing the 20 hours training.  It was great to have whanau and friends together to celebrate the great achievements of the group. 

Computers in Homes making a difference...

Recently I received an amazing story from one of our techies ...

I left a house today after connecting the internet ... when I left and walked down the path, I could hear the mother yell, “Wooop Wooop” and the 2 boys shouting “Yeaaaa” and what sounded like a celebration dance. I climbed into the car with a smile.

  How wonderful to be part of a programme making such a difference to
                                      people's lives.

Graduation Planned for Mataura

Families from Mataura School are planning to graduate at 5.30pm on Monday 26th May - great excitement for the eight families involved in the programme!

Te Wharekura o Arowhenua Graduation

A Huge congratulations to the 13 families who graduated on 14th April.
It was a great celebration of all the hard work that has been done over the past five weeks.
Special guests - Di Daniels and Rino Tirikatene congratulated the students on their achievements and wished them well in their future learning.
Congratulations to Renee Walker who was awarded a Web cam for all her hard work for both herself and other students in the class.

Meeting with Bill English

On Friday 11th April Kate, Janine and Dawn met with Bill English to talk about Computers in Homes.  We were delighted to be able to share the introduction of the Computers in Homes into Southland and the tremendous impact this will have on our families.  We were able to share the story of Computers in Homes on a national front and the importance of support from Government to ensure this continues.

Training has begun at Te Wharekura o Arowhenua

Training has started at Te Wharekura o Arowhenua in Invercargill.
Under the superb guidance of Mark (our Computers In Homes tutor) 11 families have begun training.