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Students from one of our schools in Mexico e-mailed the first week of January wondering what they could do for children in countries affected by the tsunami. They had ideas, prayers and thoughts that they wanted to share.
Our initial response was to post their messages on the SEED bulletin board. The next step was to provide them the means to collaborate and share their ideas with other SEED schools. In early February a net conference was set up in Egypt, bringing together three schools on opposite sides of the globe. With the support of SEED volunteers and team members, students and teachers in Egypt and in Reynosa and Cuidad del Carmen in Mexico presented their ideas for relief for victims of the tsunami.
Losing no time, students designed greeting cards, collected school supplies and sent them out with their hopes and prayers to Aceh in Indonesia.
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CONECTIVITY GRANT PROGRAM —
- Schlumberger and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) work together to develop educational programs — At the beginning of the year, two schools were integrated into the SEED program in PCE, Schlumberger’s business region of Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. OXY, a leader in oil and natural gas exploration and production, and Schlumberger worked together to provide the assistance needed to these schools. The first new school, located in the middle of the Limoncocha Biological Reserve in an OXY camp is the fourth school to join the SEED program in Ecuador. In this project, Occidental and the community at large are working together to implement a virtual library, where around 400 students and professors will be able to learn about the use of computers, software and the Internet, and share this window to the world with the surrounding Amazonian nationalities. A two-year contract was signed with SEED providing satellite connection and IT Infrastructure support provided by Occidental. There are now a total of 5,200 students and their communities connected to the Internet in rural and Amazonian regions of Ecuador.
- In Colombia, Schlumberger is involved in a joint project with Occidental at the San Jose School of La Pesquera, located in the Municipality of Arauquita. It is the sixth school to join the SEED project in Colombia and is receiving a two-year connectivity donation including Internet access and technological assistance to create a satellite connection for 150 children.
- On 9th February 2005, the Primeiro de Maio public primary school in Luanda became the second SEED connected school in Angola. This school has 37 classrooms, 182 teachers, over 4000 students, and until now, just one telephone line.
SEED ACTION FUND — Launched in December 2003, the Fund has received 16 applications for grants from SEED schools in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Oman, Yemen and Thailand. The USD500 awards go to groups of students who submit an action plan aimed at solving a water-related problem in their local communities. So far grants have been awarded to students at: Escuela Alicia Maria Calderon in Mexico, Escuela Mixta Particular Miguel Iturraldi in Ecuador and the Kohtaew Pitthayasan School in Thailand. Find out more…
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