流动计算机实验室帮助内罗毕贫民区成千上万的年轻人

    Kawangware is one of the fastest-growing slums in Nairobi, Kenya. It is also the poorest. Most of the 300,000 people who live there try to survive on less than $1 a day.
    卡弯格瓦利(Kawangware)是肯尼亚内罗毕增长最快的贫民窟之一,它也是最穷的一个。这里的30万居民多数每天依靠不到1美元生存。

    But one non-profit group is working to give Kenya's poorest citizens access to technology. The Craft Silicon Foundation provides people who live in Kawangware a computer lab and computer training on a mobile bus. The bus has 12 computers powered by the sun through solar panels.
    但一家非营利性组织正致力于为肯尼亚最贫困的市民提供获得技术的途径。Craft Silicon基金会在一台流动巴士上为卡弯格瓦利居民提供计算机实验室和计算机培训。这台巴士上有12台通过太阳能面板供电的计算机。

    Allan Mideva is one of the students learning basic computer skills. The mobile computer lab is an opportunity he normally could not afford. His mother earns about $2 a day washing clothes.
    艾伦(Allan Mideva)是这些学习计算机基本技能的学生之一。这座流动计算机实验室是他通常无法负担的机会。他的母亲每天靠洗衣服挣2美元左右。

    Allan Mideva says he had to make only a one-time payment of $2.20 to show he was serious about studying. He adds that the mobile computer lab enables students to have computer skills.
    艾伦表示,他只需要一次性支付2.2美元表明他对学习的认真。他补充说,这座流动计算机实验室使得学生们具备计算机技能。

    The Craft Silicon Foundation began offering free information and communication technology classes to poor young people in 2009.
    Craft Silicon基金会从2009年开始向贫困年轻人提供免费的信息和通信技术课程。

    The training takes 10 weeks. If students pass a test at the end of the training, they receive certificates of graduation. So far, the mobile computer lab has helped about 7,000 students.
    该培训耗时10周。如果学生们培训结束后通过考试,就能获得毕业证。到目前位置,该流动计算机实验室已经能够帮助了大约7千名学生。

    Craft Silicon has offices in Kenya, Tanzania, India and the United States. Kamal Budhabhatti is the chief executive officer of the company. He says the Craft Silicon Foundation promotes computer literacy as part of its responsibility to society.
    Craft Silicon基金会在肯尼亚、坦桑尼亚、印度和美国设有办事处。卡迈勒·布德哈伯哈蒂(Kamal Budhabhatti)是该公司的首席执行官。他说,Craft Silicon基金会将推广计算机应用能力作为自己社会责任的一部分。

    "Education is still a luxury at some of these slums, so we believe that as much as it is so important, we must go to slum areas where they cannot afford to get technological education."
    他说,“教育在一些贫民窟仍然是奢侈品。所以我们认为既然它是如此重要,我们就必须前往那些无法获得科技教育的贫民窟。”

    The government of Kenya also plans to increase Internet literacy and access to information. Government officials want to provide free Internet access to all the slums in Nairobi.
    肯尼亚政府还计划提高网络素养以及增加信息获取途径。政府官员想为内罗毕所有贫民窟提供免费的互联网接入。

    For now, the students from Kawangware look forward to completing their computer training and working to better their futures.
    目前,来自卡弯格瓦利的学生期望完成自己的计算机培训并努力改善自己的未来。

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