Sumcot
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Sumcot is the Sumve
Community Computer Training Center. It is, like the name suggests, a computer training center, set up in the town of Sumve
, near Mwanza
in Tanzania
. It was created with the help of Wilde Ganzen, a Dutch NGO, and the Sumve
Foundation, an organization with the aim of supporting the Sumve
Designated District Hospital (DDH).
Sumcot is used to train the following groups of people in basic computer skills:
The center currently has 16 student computers, plus one teacher desktop and a teacher laptop computer. It has a projector, used to give presentations as part of the lessons. There is also a Local Area Network and a central file server. Recently, TTCL have erected a tower at Sumcot, which will soon be delivering fast internet services.
Sumve
Sumve, Tanzania is located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, at . Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the...
Community Computer Training Center. It is, like the name suggests, a computer training center, set up in the town of Sumve
Sumve
Sumve, Tanzania is located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, at . Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the...
, near Mwanza
Mwanza
Mwanza is a mid-sized port city on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania. With an urban population of 1.2 million and a metropolitan population of 2 million, it is Tanzania's second largest city, following Dar es Salaam and ahead of other major Tanzanian cities of Arusha,...
in Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. It was created with the help of Wilde Ganzen, a Dutch NGO, and the Sumve
Sumve
Sumve, Tanzania is located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, at . Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the...
Foundation, an organization with the aim of supporting the Sumve
Sumve
Sumve, Tanzania is located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, at . Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the...
Designated District Hospital (DDH).
Sumcot is used to train the following groups of people in basic computer skills:
- SumveSumveSumve, Tanzania is located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, at . Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the...
DDH staff - students of Girls Secondary School
- students of Sumve High School (boys and girls)
- students of NMTC (Nursing and Midwifery Training Centre)
- other residents of SumveSumveSumve, Tanzania is located in the Kwimba District of the Mwanza Region, at . Sumve's residents are predominantly from the Wasukuma tribe, the largest in Tanzania, but some of Sumve's institutions employ Wahaya, Wajita, Wakerewe, Wanyamwezi and others from neighboring tribes. Therefore, many of the...
, who want to acquire/improve computer skills
The center currently has 16 student computers, plus one teacher desktop and a teacher laptop computer. It has a projector, used to give presentations as part of the lessons. There is also a Local Area Network and a central file server. Recently, TTCL have erected a tower at Sumcot, which will soon be delivering fast internet services.