This unique service learning project, to be held in 2006-2007, involves computer engineering and networking training of youth from the United States, then providing the skilled team with a unique international education experience.  The trained team will travel to the small village of Wusuta in the Volta Regional of eastern Ghana to develop a community technology center and library for the village and surrounding inhabitants.

Training provided for the US youth prior departure to Ghana includes:

• Fifty-hour course in computer engineering to teach the basics of computer hardware, structure, and configuration
• Fifty-hour course in networking
• Twenty-hour pre-trip orientation including the logistics of international travel, introduction to Ghana (i.e. geography, geology, flora and fauna, Ghanaian culture and customs, specifically of the Northern Ewe tribe including the language, environmental issues), travel health and well-being,  group dynamics and communication, and observational research.

The experience in Ghana will include:

• Two-week service learning project during which the team will set up the technology lab and library and train local village inhabitants basic management of the lab.  Interspersed within the two weeks will be excursions to nearby villages and interesting sites such as Mt. Afadjato, Agumatsu Falls, and Kpando.
• Two-week tour of Ghana including Kumasi, Mole Game Park, Tamale, and the World Vision West African Water Initiative work camp at Gushiegu, Northern Region, Ghana.

University credit will be available for all training courses.

Funding is needed to provide financial support for this project, including

• Shipment of computers to Ghana
• Providing air fare for youth participants
• General project expenses
• Tuition for university credit