Orange SL Donates Desktop Computers to Rogbaneh Secondary School Girls

By Feima Sesay

Orange Sierra Leone one of the biggest telecommunications operators in the country has donated digital kids to Rogbaneh Secondary School for girls in Makeni.  The donation of the five desktop computers is a continuation of the company corporate social responsibility drive to impact the lives of Sierra Leoneans.

The occasion was witnessed by key stakeholders including the Mayor, Chief Administrator, former Mayor of Makeni city council, Sierra Leone Teachers Union, teachers and students. In its drive to boost digitalization in Sierra Leone, Orange SL has long ago started digital inclusion with the establishment digital computer lab school in both primary and secondary school. The significance of distributing these digital kids is to boost digital and technological learning for both primary and secondary school pupils in the country. Speaker after speaker expresses gratitude to the telecommunications company for the donation received. The company continues to provide digital facilities with free access for all, reinforcing its strong ambition to democratize digital access for young people, especially women, so that they can encourage them to pursue their venture into digital entrepreneurship and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow.

Their aim is to empower every woman, every girl, every man, and every boy no matter their background, to take advantage of the opportunities of digitalization, in order to get better jobs and eventually a better life for them and their families. Orange is committed to improving its digital initiative to boost the literacy rate in Sierra Leone.

In terms of school kits donation, this is not the first term, very recently, Orange foundation in a bid to boost digitalization, distributed Digital School Kits to five primary schools in Freetown. The Digital School Kits is part of Orange Foundation Group initiative which provides support to primary schools across the country. The donated digital school kits costing thousands of dollars were presented to cross section of primary schools across the countries, including, the Kelmond Pre Primary School, Bethel Temple Preparatory School, Providence International Elementary School, Dele Preparatory School and Chesterton Academy.