Pomare School Intake 2 2012

Pomare School graduated 15 families.  We were fortunate enough to have Joris De Bres of Humans Rights and Race Relations attend.  We were welcomed by an island turou, which was prepared by Mama and the school tamariki.  It was the first time I had attended something like this.  Beautiful experience.  The graduation environment was filled with anxiousness and excitement.  I could not get enough of the whanau gratitude. The excitement of seeing their faces light up when they talk to their fellow class mates, the laughter in their eyes when they remember the funny experiences they had in class and the proudness they showed when receiving their certificates of achievement!!
These reports do not do the graduations I have been so blessed to experience any justice what so ever.
The speeches made by Fred and Sisa where heartwarming.  Fred spoke about the joys of learning and the camaraderie that flourished and openness to know “no question is a dumb question”, when speaking about safety and security on the internet a parent who is trying to log into her email account asks the class “does anyone know my password??”.  We all had to laugh at the irony.  Sisa’s speech brought tears to the 2020 Communications Trust as she grasped exactly why we do the mahi that we do.  I am in the process of gaining her speech so that I may share with everyone.

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSPOWER & REMARKIT

14th May 2012

Under a new agreement, Transpower now provides retired IT stock to Remarkit www.remarkit.co.nz  to refurbish. Any equipment that cannot be refurbished is recycled. Useable equipment is onsold to the public or Transpower staff via a staff portal, and proportion is provided free to community groups, with the main donation going to CIH.

·         The handover of laptops from Transpower, Remarkit to Computers in Homes scheduled for   this coming Monday afternoon will be the first batch of refurbished laptops donated from Transpower to Computers In Homes (CIH)www.computersinhomes.org.nz.  Ten laptops are to be provided to CIH to be used by the Coordinator for Wellington/Hutt Valley.  The laptops will form a mobile pod, to be used for training purposes for the various CIH school courses, the first starting at Taita’s Pomare Primary School.   (Di can provide more detail)

·         Anna Ririnui, Transpower’s Manager Community and Corporate Responsibility, “We’re really happy to support such a successful and valuable programme”.

From back:
Tim Findlay (RemarkIT Director), Anna Ririnui (Transpower Manager Community and Corporate Responsibility), Chris Worsley (Principal Pomare School), John Tiaki (CIH Tutor), Di Daniels (CIH National Coordinator) and Cr Gwen McDonald (Northern WardHutt City Council) 

 From left:
Laurence Zwimpfer ( 2020 Communications Trust), Di Daniels (CIH National Coordinator), Tim Findlay (RemarkIT Director) Anna Ririnui (Transpower), Jan (Transpower)

Pomare Graduation

On 5th July, 15 participants graduated from the Computers in Homes project through Pomare School.

8 families graduate at Tui Glen School, Lower Hutt

8 families graduated from Tui Glen School’s Computers in Homes on Tuesday 28 June. A cool brisk evening did not keep people away and Principal Philip Benson was blown away by the community support for the programme at his school. 

What a wonderful evening and talk about full house! We had to keep getting more chairs out. 

Representatives from Koraunui Marae came to support their staff who are CIH parents. Hon Tariana Turia, Leader of the Maori Party and Minister of the Community and Voluntary Sector attended with her PA Kat Paton. Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace could not attend, so councillors Gwen McDonald and Angus Finlayson came in his place. Family and friends came to support their loved ones and the children were great. Tech support Peter Wright introduced himself to the parents and outlined the process for technical help.

After the formal ceremony we shared supper in the staffroom and families took their computers home. We wish them all the best with their computing at home.