Bumpe High School girls corresponded (pen pal exchange, video conferencing) with girls at two California high schools.
Challenge:
- Bumpe Chiefdom is isolated, rural, and lacks electrical power supply. There is limited communication across Sierra Leone and even less with the world beyond.
- Students have little contact with and no direct experience of the world beyond the village.
- Speaking with girls in any other culture provedes an enriching educational opportunity for both groups.
Solution:
- Establish modest international communication with students like themselves in other countries of the world.
- Use technology (Mail service for pen pal exchanges), internet (Skype and video-conferencing) to meet and talk with girls at schools in Los Angeles and Palo Alto, CA
Impact:
- Contact with peers in other countries, continents, and cultures is interesting, stimulating and inspiring in ways that enrich the entire Bumpe School community. *Participants gain an impressive look at some of the lifestyles and differences in distant parts in the world.
