News Archive

18th Anniversary Camara Education

Happy Birthday Camara!

On Camara’s eighteenth birthday – the organisation was founded in Dublin back in 2005 – we’re reflecting on our journey to adulthood, and the changes

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Partnership with Helios Towers

Helios Towers is a leading multinational independent telecommunications infrastructure company, focused on driving the growth of mobile communications across Africa and the Middle East. As

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MOU signed with Makueni County

Camara Education Kenya and the County Government of Makueni signed a new Memorandum of Understanding at a meeting presided over by Makueni County Deputy Governor

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We Made It!

Camara’s team of riders all successfully completed the challenging London to Brighton bike ride last weekend – making it up the fearsome Ditchling Beacon at

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Progress in Tigray

Some great news from our colleagues in Ethiopia, as our first rehabilitation project in the Tigray region following the conflict there has been completed. The

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Automation Anywhere CEO visits Tanzania

The chief executive and co-founder of Automation Anywhere, Mihir Shukla, recently visited Moshi Technical School in Shirimatunda, Tanzania. Automation Anywhere develops intelligent automation software used

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Turning Roses into Computers

Sher High School in Ziway, Ethiopia, has received not one but two brand-new e-learning centres, thanks to generous funding from the Dutch Flower Foundation and

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Aiming for Leadership

Meyram sits with her friends in the bustling e-learning lab in Semera Girls’ Boarding School. Outside the morning temperature is reaching 40 degrees, but inside

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Christmas Challenge Update

Our Christmas Challenge campaign at the end of 2022 raised almost £55,000 to help rehabilitate schools that had been devastated by the conflict in northern

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EARTH DAY: TACKLING E-WASTE

April 22nd marks Earth Day, promoting sustainability as the path to prosperity for humanity and business alike. E-waste is a huge global problem – more

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We’re Hiring!

Camara Education is celebrating its 18th birthday this year and our continuing mission offers an opportunity for a committed sales professional to join our team

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A Container of Computers

The latest consignment of computers has arrived at our offices in Mombasa, Kenya, part of our ongoing partnership with Dell Technologies to bring educational technology

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Kurasini School sponsorship

We’ve recently completed an eLearning centre installation at Kurasini Secondary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The work was carried out thanks to Helios Towers

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Christmas Challenge 2022

We’re proud that Camara has been selected again to take part in the 2022 Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. Every

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STUDENT TESTIMONIES

Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves why we do the work we do, so here are some stories from users of our ICT club

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KENYA’S 2022 INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

Camara Kenya has for years been providing opportunities for interns from educational institutions across the country. University and college students taking courses related to information

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Dell Remote Server

Remote monitoring is up and running. In Ethiopia our partnership with Dell Technologies has enabled us to set up a high-end Dell server to monitor

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Hack to the Future

A team of students from Asco Secondary School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, reached the final of the Finastra “Hack to the Future” youth hackathon, competing

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The Big Give update

Three months into the new year, we wanted to update you on how your contribution to our Big Give Christmas Challenge appeal is being used

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IFWAGI SECONDARY SCHOOL

Ifwagi Secondary School is a government school located in Mufindi, in the Iringa region of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. It has more than 200 students

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More equipment for Zambia

Following multiple delays due to shipping congestion, our latest container of computer equipment finally arrived in Lusaka on Saturday 4th December. This container was eagerly

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CAMARA KENYA’S INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Camara Education Kenya has for years been providing opportunities for interns from various educational institutions across the country. University and college students taking courses related

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Africa Climate Week 2021

Africa Climate Week 2021, a virtual event, will bring together countries and organisations to showcase climate action in Africa ahead of COP26. Learn More about

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FINASTRA PARTNERSHIP

Finastra is the largest pure-play software vendor that serves the entire financial services industry. It recently teamed up with Camara Education to process retired laptops and

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AFRICA CODE WEEK WINNER ANNOUNCED

Ten-year-old Soliyana, from Ethiopia, has won the Africa Code Week contest against competition from much older students across the continent. Camara Ethiopia partnered with Africa

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HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY CAMARA

Camara was founded in Dublin in November 2005, so we have just celebrated our 15th birthday. We’re proud of our achievements in those fifteen years: over

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COVID-19 Update

We would like to inform all our donors that we are doing our best to continue offering our services during these unprecedented times.  There may

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International e-Waste Day 2019

14th October marks the second international e-Waste Day to promote the correct disposal of e-waste around the world. 50 million tonnes of e-waste were generated

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Midlands Science Festival

Science Week is a nationwide initiative to ignite interest, engagement and uptake in STEM subjects in Irish schools, universities and educational centres. It ran this

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2017 Impact & Learning Outcomes

2017 Impact & Learning Outcomes In 2017, Camara Education worked with 1,595 Educational Institutions, trained 7,199 educators and installed over 14,287 computers in Ethiopia, Kenya,

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TECHFÉILE 2018

Inspirational and celebratory day for the young people and educators who participate in the TechSpace Programme The first TechFéile event, took place at  Limerick School

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Demissew Bekele

Demissew became the Chief Advisor of Camara Ethiopia in 2011, and prior to this, was instrumental in Camara’s establishment in Ethiopia. He worked for the

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Camara teams up with Google

Camara’s ambitious plans to empower 3 million disadvantaged students supported by Google.org €560,000 grant to fund outreach in 70 schools in Ireland and Kenya Monday,

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Coding and creativity collide

Coding and creativity collide: Young people to take on robotics, electronics and the arts in major new nationwide initiative. National Youth Council, Camara Education Ireland

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iKnowledge Phase 2

We are delighted to say that Phase 2 of iKnowledge in Tanzania is well underway. iKnowledge is a collaborative technology-enhanced learning project which aims to

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