Back in Mombasa

I arrived in Mombasa late last night. Its good to be back! The wonderful smell of African cooking is a fantastic reminder to me of this fabulous country.

I visited the Camara digital hub first thing this morning and was blown away by the progress so far. We started this project last Summer with some old empty warehouses in the Sheikh Kalifa school on the Malindi rd. Its humble origins were unrecognisable this morning - its a thriving dynamic place, full of volunteers, trainers and students. There is storage section, a refubishment centre, a realy nice little social area and now, a just completed training section. Over 700 people have registered with the Hub so far as volunteers and over 500 computers have already been refurbished and distributed to local schools.

The demand for its services seems to be growing all the time. More and more schools are asking for Camara open source computer labs and the associated training - the hub is the ideal vehicle to meet this need.

Its very inspiring to see it up and running and further reinforces in my mind that this is absolutely the right way to go in terms of moving Camara forward.

I will write more over the next few weeks (and hopefully upload some photos).

Gary