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Raetihi Project:

December 2006:

Raetihi Primary School graduated 16 families in 2006.

Trainer, Pete Smithies says:

“I think they have shown incredible bravery and perseverance. Some of those graduating had not even used a PC prior to the course. They eagerly drank in the learning and quite simply made my job a breeze. I have taught and worked with seasoned IT professionals in the past, but some of them didn’t show a fraction of the enthusiasm that these people have. I would like to think that this course has resulted in me making some new friends in the community and would like to see many more follow in their footsteps.

The whole experience was great fun, once they realized that a PC is just a tool – they quickly mastered the basics and towards the end they were all pushing me for more and more knowledge. I would now encourage them to continue in that vein and seek out more advanced IT courses.”

View further feedback and photos from the Raetihi CIH Project (PDF - 442KB)

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