A computer classroom in the middle of rural Zambia? Why not? The Macha Innovative Community School is a shining example of what can happen when computers and wireless internet communications are used as a catalyst to transform a depressed community. The internet brought knowledge and that knowledge showed them things could be better.
Then the people of the community started to build--a school, community center, restaurant, internet cafe, staff housing, apartments for young people without extended family, and more on the way. The community is flourishing and the Macha model is now being implemented in several other Zambian communities to see if it will replicate. The great thing is that it's all led and implemented by the local people, for the local people. Notice the playground in the bottom picture? It's the only one that I saw in all of Zambia.
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