IT For Children

About

IT for Children is an independent non-profit organisation based in Sweden with main operations in Ghana, West Africa.

Story

We believe in a more connected world, where everyone has equal access to the internet, regardless of their income level. Equal access means everyone will have the same opportunity of obtaining important information and reaching out to the world. To achieve this, our main work is to provide free and daily access to computers, the internet and ICT education for hundreds of children in Ghana.

In 2016, we initiated our project in a small coastal town of Busua, located by the Western Region of Ghana, where children were strangers to computers. Since then, they have learned to search for information online, as well as operate variant computer programs. Today, the world of information and communication is within their reach.
Our work has opened a door to children and young people to a vast world of information and communication from their first click on a computer. We have reached more than 700 children, 50 % girls, who had never used a computer before our project, with our IT classes.

Aligned to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, specifically on goal number 9, our mission is to:
”Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020.”

In January 2017, we officially opened IT For Children Academy, our own Learning Centre in Busua. In its establishment, we welcome 70 students in our first classroom, equipped with full access of electricity, internet connection and laptops. By 2020, we aim to have four classrooms ready and opened to children in the neighbouring villages of the Academy.