"...a world where the chasm between rich and poor grows wider will be neither stable nor secure."
—Jimmy Carter (24)

Reduce Disparity

ICT in East Africa compared to USA

Most Americans have access to a computer and the Internet. Most Americans acquire basic computer skills through experimenting, talking with friends, reading books or taking a class.

In East Africa there are only six computers for every 1,000 people. Technology and the training to use and maintain it are too expensive in rural communities where workers earn less than $2 a day. Quality used computers are very difficult to find, let alone a matched set for a school lab. Books on any subject are scarce and often outdated.

CFA promotes ICT development in the deepest part of the digital divide, rural Africa. The majority of our beneficiaries are high school girls.