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With the expansion of
the cyber world, the communities where
individuals do not have access to computer
and Internet technology are being left
behind.
Children cannot do their homework
without a PC and enough skills to use it.
Adults cannot search for job openings and
compete equally on the job market without
computer knowledge. This is why yesterday,
Jacques Dady Jean, the CEO of Town Computer,
announced the “Technology For All”
program.
Launched in Spring of
2007, this pilot program has already trained
492 adults in the Greater Boston area in
computer literacy, computer repair,
Microsoft Office applications and basic web
design. In addition to local classes, this
year residents of several other cities in
America and in the Caribbean Islands will
have the opportunity to take free online
computer classes through this initiative.
The program consists
of teaching computer technology to the
residents of Massachusetts and currently
instructs students from Malden, Medford,
Cambridge, Dorchester, Quincy, Mattapan,
Hyde Park and Milton.
The program is now serving students
representing diverse ethnic backgrounds.
In addition to
teaching new technology, Town Computer
refurbishes old computers to donate to needy
families. Instead of sending these PC’s to
a landfill, the company accepts and repairs
them to give away for a better cause.
The computer classes
are free; participants are required to pay
only a $60 registration fee for the 10-week
long program.
Registration has now
begun for the classes beginning in January
and February.
For more information,
please call (617) 298-0357.
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