In 2018, Sarah, daughter of Dr. Deborah Rose, president of the Helping Africa Foundation (HAF) saw a viral posting about an ICT teacher, Mr. Richard Akoto Appiah in Ghana who was drawing Microsoft Menus on a blackboard in the absence of actual computers to teach his students. Mr Appiah’s social media post attracted global attention, including ‘Friends of Yamoransa’ and ‘Helping Africa Foundation’.

TECHAiDE was called on to do a needs assessment and the result was Lab 3 in the school where he had been teaching, Betenase Junior High School in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. 

The project was funded by ‘Friends of Yamoransa’ and ‘Helping Africa Foundation’, both non-profit organisations based in the USA.

This is a 48-seater computer laboratory set-up to enhance the teaching and learning of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), English, Math and Science.

The facility is being used by over 8,000 school children in Sekyedumase and six other schools in surrounding communities.

The Communities are Sekyedumase, Apaaso, Ayinaso, Drobon, Frante and Juaho.