[UgaBYTES] Unlimited Potential

[Sandra Nassali]

Hi Cleopa, can you please share this story with us on telecentre.org?

It is a great and inspiring story.

On 2/8/09, Cleopa Timon Otieno <timonson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Sadiki is a promising example
> of someone seizing opportunities
> to improve his own life.
> Sadiki relocated to Kenya from Tanzania. Having little exposure to
> computers, and fluent in Kiswahili but speaking little English, he was able
> to successfully complete computer training thanks to a grant from
> Microsoft(R)
> Unlimited
> Potential<http://www.microsoft.com/About/CorporateCitizenship/us/CommunityInvestment/CommunityTechSkills.mspx>.
> This knowledge opened other doors; he then enrolled in the Penn Foster
> Dental Assistant
> <http://www.pennfosterglobal.com/dental/index.html>Program. He didn't
> have access to a credit card for tuition payment online,
> but discovered the school offered an alternative—he is making monthly
> tuition payments through Western Union money transfers.
>
>
> [image: SADIKI M. of Ugunja, Kenya]Sadiki has exploited the potential of
> technology and the Internet, the availability of distance education,
> corporate community investment grants, and his own initiative and desire. He
> is working toward his goal of obtaining a degree in dental studies.
> Currently, Sadiki is a clinical officer with the St. Paul's Health Centre,
> which is an initiative of the Ugunja Community Resource
> Centre<http://www.ugunja.org/>(UCRC).
>
>
>
> Read more about him in the original blog at:
> tunafunga.com<http://tunafunga.com/2008/09/08/e-learning-experience-at-ucrc/>
> .
>
>
> --
> Cleopa Timon Otieno
> www.ugunja.org , www.kenyatelecentres.org
> P.O.Box 330-40606, Ugunja
> Cell: +254-720-950-220
> skype: timonson1
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