By Chris

Terry & Margaret Gillett to Run Workshops at Both Schools

Terry and Margaret (Brisbane based) will be travelling to our schools in December to provide education and training in computing and first aid. Terry has been assisting Let’s Build a School for over a year now, providing donated laptops and XO computers, as well as tech support. He is also working on a device called […]

By Chris

Keeping in touch via Skype

One of the wonderful things (among so many) about providing an internet connection for The Hironaka School is that we can stay in regular contact with the teacher and children. This is a screen grab from our latest video Skype chat last week. We had lots of fun teaching the kids some English while they […]

By Chris

New Computer, Headsets and Webcam/Microphone

A belated update… With some of the proceeds from our Christmas movie night, we were able to purchase a new computer (desperately needed), along with headsets for all the computers new and old, and a better webcam/microphone for our Skype sessions! We are hoping to get some photos to post soon. This is all possible […]

By Chris

Internet Connection at the Hironaka School

  We have just received news that the internet connection is finally working at The Hironaka School! We have even had our first Skype call with the teacher, Alan (Meng Hong)! Access to the web will enable the students to resource all kinds of information and educational sites, as well as allow them to more […]