Christmas presents: HITA will equip more schools

HITA work trip to Ho from December 27, 2019 to January 12, 2020. - As in previous years, association members will travel to Ho and the Volta Region to equip a total of seven schools there with computer labs or networks this time. Our second container with high quality technical and medical equipment and donated goods such as 80 school backpacks is currently on its way by ship to Accra in Ghana. The two teachers Rachida Aouad and Petra Knott from the Carlo-Mierendorff-School in Frankfurt, the HITA board members Karsten Gareis, Daniel Gerlach and Thomas Erkert as well as our two IT technicians Christoph Welge and Leonhard Dittmann will donate their time and vacation days to work for HITA e.V. and the students and teachers in Ghana.

Our activities at the turn of the year will have diverse focuses. So we will this time:

>>> Establish another Computer Lab at the School for Nursing and Midwifery (SONAM) at the University of Ho for Applied Sciences (UHAS).

>>> A cooperation between the Carlo-Mierendorff-Schule in Frankfurt, HITA e.V. and the Mawuko Girls' Senior High School signed

>>> Establish a Computer Lab with 40 computers at Mawuko Girls' Senior High School. >>> Donations from students of the Carlo-Mierendorff School handed over to the Springs School in Ho >>> Install two more computer labs at OLA Girls' Senior High School and Mawuli High School. >>> Handing over 80 backpacks to disadvantaged students in Adaklu community >>> Equip smaller schools in Adaklu and HASU with PCs

>>> Equip various facilities with medical-technical equipment, collected medicines and important furniture (hospital beds, couches, etc.)

We wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2020!

The Board of Healthcare Information Technology for Africa e.V.

Thomas Erkert, Daniel Schleßmann and Günther Michels

You can imagine that the fellow travelers will hardly get bored during the two weeks. We have set our sights high. All of this is only possible because of your support! We hope that you will continue to help us in the future so that we can implement our projects. We also welcome much needed additional members and supporters, in-kind donations and participation. Follow our work at www.hita-ev.org, and we also post interviews and audio podcasts online at HITA Radio at www.hearthis.at/hita-radio. Before departure, we recorded a conversation with Chairman Thomas Erkert, in which he explained the exact procedures of the trip, introduced the schools and also gave a big thank you to all supporters and participants.
Listen to Im Gespräch No.16 - HITA Chairman Thomas Erkert - Ghana trip from 27.12.2019 - 12.01.2020 byHITARadio on hearthis.at