On the ground · Eastern DRC
Technology for Every Child
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, we're building the technology infrastructure — computer labs, power, connectivity, and training — that connects children to the tools and knowledge of the modern world.
Why eastern DRC
Eastern DRC is home to millions of children growing up amid displacement, poverty, and years of instability. Schools that do operate often lack electricity, books, and trained teachers — and almost none offer access to a computer.
Meanwhile, the world's opportunities are moving online. A child who never touches a keyboard is locked out of modern education, modern work, and a modern voice. We believe geography should never decide a child's future.
This program sits at the intersection of everything we do: it expands access to education, builds the skills that break cycles of poverty, and strengthens the communities that keep children safe at home.
What we're building
Infrastructure that lasts. Skills that spread.
01
Solar-powered computer labs
Fully equipped labs built inside existing schools — computers, power, and furniture — designed to run reliably where the grid doesn't reach.
02
Connectivity & offline libraries
Satellite and mobile connectivity where possible, and offline digital libraries everywhere — so learning never depends on a signal.
03
Teacher training
Local teachers trained and certified in digital skills, so technology becomes part of everyday lessons — not a locked room.
04
Community ownership
Every hub is run with local schools and community leaders, with youth technicians trained to maintain the equipment for years to come.
The road ahead
From one lab to a region
2025
Pilot
First solar-powered computer lab opened in partnership with a local school, proving the model works in low-infrastructure settings.
2026
Expansion
New labs under construction and teacher-training program launched, extending the program to more schools across the region.
2027
Scale
Our goal: 2,500 children with regular access to computers, digital skills training, and the world's knowledge.
Program milestones are goals we hold ourselves accountable to, built with our partners on the ground.
A computer lab is never just a computer lab.
It's a girl researching scholarships that didn't exist in her world a year ago. A teacher printing lessons for the first time. A teenager learning to code. A community connected to family, markets, and ideas beyond the hills.
Technology doesn't solve everything. But it multiplies everything else a community builds.
Help us connect the next classroom.
Whether you can fund a lab, donate equipment, or lend your expertise — there's a place for you in this work.
Stay connected
Follow the work as it happens
Stories from the field, program updates, and ways to help — a short email, a few times a year.