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This Container Brings Internet To People In Need, Refugees In Remote Areas
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Huffington Post


Huffington Post, June 10, 2016
Posted: July 11th, 2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/solar-powered-zubabox-in...

ZubaBox is a shipping container converted into a solar-powered internet caf or classroom for people in need living in remote areas - including refugee camps. The interior of the box can accommodate up to 11 individuals at a time and gives people in traditionally marginalized communities a sense of inclusion while widening their opportunities. The ZubaBox ... gives [people] a space that they deserve to improve their learning experience and achieve their goals, Rajeh Shaikh, marketing and PC donations manager at Computer Aid International - the nonprofit organization that created and builds the boxes - told The Huffington Post. We also enable educators to provide valuable 21st century digital skills. The refurbished PCs located inside of a Zubabox are powered by solar panels located on the shipping containers roof. Since 2010, 11 Zubaboxes have been placed in neighborhoods throughout Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. On May 26, Computer Aid built its 12th Zubabox ... in Cazuca, a suburb of Bogota, Colombia, where many displaced people settle. Since the Lab arrived in the South American neighborhood, the little box has had a huge impact. The younger generation has naturally been curious and excited. But the emotion that this [Lab] has stirred in the elders has been really moving, [said] William Jimenez, a native to Cazuc and regional coordinator at Tiempo de Juego, a nonprofit that works to provide the youth of Colombia with more constructive uses for their free time.

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