kumu project supported ituani with two offline library devices

Kumu project an organization established in NZ where Kumu means the source of knowledge in the Hawaiian language and Ituani a community based institution which is established in Vanuatu where Ituani means service provider in Malo language, have had an online meeting in March 2021 only to found that they share the common vision to promote ICT education in rural communities. Kumu project is then supporting Ituani with two offline library devices to deploy them in its centres as part of a working relationship initiative. The founder of Kumu project Mr. Mauro Depaoli has been deploying 18 such devices in 18 schools in Sanma province wayback in 2018. The founder of Ituani Mr. John Ken acknowledged the Founder of Kumu project’s contribution through the devices that will be used in its ICT rural educational outreach program. Both institutions are looking forward to building up and strengthening this relationship to promote the offline libraries devices in Vanuatu rural schools. Ituani believes these devices suited the context of the schools in vanuatu established in rural and remote communities that do not have budget to have online facilities in places and/or can’t sustain the online facilities and not only that but to avoid abuse of social media and internet in schools that cannot be controlled by school managements. in addition, the library can be accessed from smartphones and thousands of educational topics and materials including books, pictures and videos ranged from primary to secondary level students are available on those devices.