COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
The specifications for locating a satellite centre in a community are as
follows:
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Community involvement leading to sustainability and self-sufficiency
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Outline of programme of Activities that reflect Inwelle Centre vision
and mission
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Commitment to sending annual report to Inwelle Centre, not later than
February of the following year after a programme year
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Providing a room equipped with shelves and access to the internet
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Sponsoring two or three girls to be trained at Inwelle Centre to learn
how to run the satellite centre
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Commitment to paying stipends to the girls who run the centre.
The community pays stipends to the girls running the satellite centres. The two
satellite centres already established are thriving because of community
commitment. They now have internet access and individuals donate books to the
centres. The Communities also hold educational activities. Also, individuals in
the community are beginning to sponsor participants. Unfortunately, they are
mostly willing to sponsor boys. Consequently, we are compelled to continuously
seek for funders to sponsor girls. We supply each community with 1000 books and
two computers to start them off. The community then start internet cafes and
conduct adult education programmes for the villages. They use retired educators
public spirited individuals, and retired government functionaries in their midst
to tap into local government and state resources to aid them in running
programmes.