Author: Julie Clugage
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Introducing Box Technology in South Africa
Far removed from the shipping container in the Langa Township outside of Cape Town, Team4Tech alumni, Nic Hansen and Nathan Lui, continue to support the work they started back in July. Overlooking a sea of hundreds of their Box coworkers in Los Altos, CA and live streaming to the smaller office in San Francisco, Nic…
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Building a Better Infrastructure For The Tanzania Schools
It wasn’t too long ago that I received an email from Noel Durrant (our project team leader). We got on the phone later that week to discuss the details of the trip and while this was exactly the travel experience that I’ve been longing for, there were still uncertainties of safety, financial expenses, and “Is…
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Converting a Shipping Container into a Computer Lab in South Africa
90 minutes before, I didn’t know how they would get there. Noella was delayed over an hour by someone cutting the train’s power cables. Thank goodness she arrived prepared with a lesson plan clearly outlined on paper. But what about Ani? While clearly a capable professional, was she reverting to traditional techniques under pressure? We…
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Determined to Learn
The penultimate day of the Langa Learning Center project arrived, and I could feel a growing sense of accomplishment and completion. We had come to Cape Town, South Africa to help the LEAP Science and Math Schools and the NGO Teach With Africa to create a new technology lab in the Langa township that their…
