Dell Technologies in partnership with Computer Aid International, CDW, and Small Projects Foundation, has launched a new Solar Community Hub in Newlands, South Africa, to connect underserved communities with access to technology, enable skill development, and increase community capacity building.
“This Hub marks an important milestone in how we can support the community in both the near- and long-term. We’re keen to see the community’s reception and continue to adapt the project to what matters most to them. Our priority is to support and advance the community through our Solar Community Hub’s services, and we’re just getting started. With the Hub, we’re opening the door to so many opportunities and creating a brighter, more tangible future for many people in the community.” Dr. Paul Cromhout, CEO, Small Projects Foundation
Key characteristics of the new Solar Community Hub include:   

Designed with two connected recycled shipping containers to provide more space and accommodate more local community members and their needs.
Job creation and greater financial sustainability with new revenue-generating services in community service in the health, education, and social care sectors. The Small Projects Foundation also supports young women and girls from the whole province to complete school, study further, and find employment opportunities.
Help to educate participants in basic computer skills while learning essential life skills like entrepreneurship, résumé building, university and scholarship applications, job search skills, and career guidance.
Computer literacy classes are provided to Grade 6 and 7 learners from the local primary schools, ensuring they are computer literate by the time they advance to secondary school. Thirty Youth Service Ambassadors are undergoing computer literacy training and are supported by a highly skilled Solar Hub Supervisor.
Leverages a community-first approach to customize service and product offerings, including education, an HIV Prevention Programme, a Moms Mentorship Programme, an Early Childhood Development Programme, and the Umbono Project, which identifies children with vision problems and provides spectacles.
The hub is a community center managed by the community, ensuring more value and social validation.
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