Week 14 - Children Feeding Program
Three old desktops hummed — fans working harder than the afternoon deserved. Children in Class Six and above leaned forward, fingers learning keys as if keyboards were new instruments and they were figuring out the scales, hunting letters with the same focus they use when a teacher writes an exam date on the board.
We opened computer lessons as a test run: can we teach without shaming beginners, can we keep order when curiosity outruns bandwidth, can we protect equipment in a room that also welcomes dust and elbows? The session doubled as engagement — something worthwhile to hold minds while pots finished on the fire, steam and fan-noise mixing in the doorway, patience measured in minutes until the whistle for food.
Excitement showed in quick smiles when a window opened on screen — small triumphs we want to stack week by week. ETCO’s empowerment goals are not a poster; they are a child who can type her name and mean it, uppercase where it belongs, cursor blinking like patience.
We need more mice, surge protectors, and patient volunteers who can repeat a step ten times without sighing. Extension cords trip easily when twenty feet want one socket; we tape them flat and still watch, because a bruised knee heals faster than a ruined screen.
A boy opened a spreadsheet cell and typed his mother’s phone number wrong twice; the third time it sat clean and correct, and he looked up like he had unlocked a door, the screen’s pale glow on his cheeks proof that mistakes are not the end of learning.
The smell of food climbed the doorway while lessons ran — a deliberate order: minds first, then bowls, because empty minds and full stomachs rarely arrive on the same minute. If you can donate hardware or sponsor internet days, contact us — digital skills should not be a privilege reserved for estates with fibre hanging like decoration, not here, not when curiosity is already waiting.
Planning Meeting with PSN - Waste Management Project
Today's ETCO had logistical planning meeting at PSN Office to discuss the upcoming waste management project... Good things take time.
ETCO Office Under Repair & Setup
We're working on improving our office to better serve our community. Once complete, the upgraded space will help us provide more efficient, organized, and accessible services. Thank you for your patience and continued support as we build a better environment for everyone. Stay tuned for updates!
Happy Father's Day
As a man. It's Okay to start all over again. Let someone love you correctly, genuinely, value you and respectfully if they have to. Somewhere in your 30s, 40s or 50s, you'll get the opportunity to rebuild your life after a negative loop. It's important you see that journey through. Keep going and don't ever give up. Strong.