Existing Computers in Homes Projects in New Zealand:

Historical Progression of CIH Projects
Current Computers in Homes Projects
Established Computers in Homes Projects
CIH Projects for Refugee Children and their Families

West Coast Community Partnership Fund Project (current):

WestREAP has been successful in Round 1 of CPF to run CIH for 100 families.

October 2007:
WestREAP (Rural Education Activites Programme) began their own version of CIH in Hokitika in 2003, using computers on loan from Te Tai Poutini Polytechnic for the 8 weeks a family was receiving literacy training.
It became apparent that it was a harsh reality for families to have to return the computers, so we worked together to bring CIH to the West Coast in 2004.

Hokitika Primary was the first CIH school and we put training NetPods into both the school and WestREAP to best support the families. A year later we added 45 new families in Blackball, Runanga and Ross.

WestREAP have since won Digital Strategy Community Partnership funding for 100 families across their district and work closely with the parents to impact literacy in general as well as ICT skills.

View the WestREAP Computers in Homes Rejuvenation Survey Analysis research document

Visit the West Coast CPF Project Blog

Visit the Digital Strategy Website to find out more about the Community Partnerhip Fund (CPF)

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