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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

ICT LEARNING LIBRARIES Early Development Centers were designed to meet the growing Our multidisciplinary team of educators, health care workers and youth
need to nurture the young minds and hearts in our communities.
specialists worked tirelessly to maintain an ethical learning culture that
is condusive to happy learning, with as much fun in learning as there is
Having responded to the community outcries to provide stability thought provoking moments of reflection.
ICT learning libraries is a project that focuses on and an environment where IQ and EQ were equally important,
making technology and access to information our EDC centers were based on ensuring balance in the way The programs design range from their context to varied age groups and
more readily available through resources such we shape the future of our youth. backgrounds with an idea to cross skill and build more meaningful
as computers, encyclopedias and the internet understanding.
for schools, children’s homes and support With programs tailored specifically to challenges that are being
facilities for children with special needs and met on a daily basis and with a need to foster concepts of social The EDC will also serve as a hub for support and counseling so that our
requirements. cohesiveness and intercultural understanding. youth have a lifeline through their challenges that will ensure ongoing

development and an outreached hand through troubling times that may be
As such we ensure that research, homework Enhancement of coping mechanisms amongst youth is also of to overwhelming for them.
and even curiosity are curved with healthy and paramount importance to ensure that we developing the ability
safer resources that can be monitored and of our youth to meet with negativity and also make informed
managed with ICT libraries. decisions. EDC was born out of the passion to improve the quality of life of our youth
and to empower them with the necessary tools to make a constructive

We have further trained and equipped EDC have the ability to identify strengths such as creativity and contribution to their own lives the lives of their communities and society at
custodians for each of these projects in the communication skills and effectively enhance them through large.
community to ensure that they can be
self-sustainable and on-going. practical exercises and practices.

With accessibility to technology and extra learning
materials being so scarce in several areas, PSK
Foundation aims to bridge the gap between Our centers have been designed to work with leaders in the community and have utilised their feedback in
educational and sustainable development. We designing our approaches to ensure that they are incorporative and culturally sensitive.
have provided over 40 schools and orphanages
with refurbished PC’s. To maintain our core value of sustainability we have embarked on train the trianer workshops to ensure that the

The foundation ensures that all these libraries upskilling filters through all levels of the community and is maintained.
contain software and information relevant to the
educational development of thousands of children, Our Youth Committee at the EDC have been instrumental in design and implementation to ensure social
whereby making the technology available and in responsibility at its basic level and to ensure the content of what we deliver is at an appropriate level for the youth
return creating a fun and enjoyable environment. needs that it is designed to meet.