First year celebration of Collingwood project
Congratulations to Infoxchange Australia as they celebrated last week, the 1st year of Wired Community@Collingwood, the largest grassroots digital inclusion project in Australia.
The project focuses on the residents of 1000 households in three high rise buildings and low rise properties on the Collingwood Public housing Estate. By providing a PC and appropriate training to each resident, the project allows access to a computer in their own home with support and training needed to use it, the project has ensured that the community intranet has a range of accessible, relevant material available to the residents of the estate.
Speaking at the celebration, Paul Clark, Microsoft’s Community Affairs Manager said: “for many, obtaining basic digital skills is a major obstacle to 21st century learning. For many reasons, many people simply haven’t the skills to use computers or have access to affordable technology. And with social inclusion and digital inclusion increasingly synonymous, at Microsoft we are proud to support a project that sees technology being an enabler of opportunity not a barrier.”
Guest speakers included the Hon Richard Wynn Minister for Housing and Local Government & Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr Paul Clark, Microsoft’s Community Affairs Manager and Infoxchange’s Executive Director Andrew Mahar.
A video about Infoxchange Australia:
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