My Dream Project

I think we all come across a dream project from time to time. A project we know can help people in many ways. It uses are expertise to attempt to make the world a little better and help people improve themselves. My dream project is something I have been toying with for awhile, but in the last few days, I have really solidified its details. It’s about bringing computer literacy education to the poorest members of society.

Why? I see a nephew of mine who has great talent with art. He can draw very well. He does it all on pen and paper. I got to thinking, he could be a very good graphical design artist if he just had the tools and training to put his art to a productive use. Instead, more than likely, he will be working in a manual labor job and never utilize his talents. I thought, if I could just train kids like him to put their talents to a productive use, I could improve their future outlook and their family’s outlook.

My dream project is to open a basic computer literacy center. The goal is to teach basic computer literacy and then identify the talents of disadvantaged teenagers. If these talents could be developed using computers, I would give them basic instruction to make sure this happens. Whether it’s graphical design, writing, programming or web design.

I believe that if you are unwilling to help make a change then you shouldn’t really be talking about change. With that in mind, I am now in the planning stages to see how this can happen. More than likely, I will begin seeking donations of old computers to put together the center. I am a firm believer in the Free and Open Source Software movement and I will be instructing as much as possible using FOSS.

More updates to follow.