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After several months of planning, Stony Brook residents Scott, Martha and Maggie Pavao traveled to Busia, Uganda to set up a computer school and internet café for New Hope Orphanage which is operated by New Hope Africa Children Ministries. They brought a mix of 12 new and donated laptops to East Africa to assist Old Field resident Christopher Higgins in his effort to help New Hope Orphanage train not only their students, but others in the town of Busia, Uganda. The profit made at the computer school will help the orphanage become a self-sustainable entity and not have to rely on funds from the Ugandan government or funds remitted from abroad. Scott and Martha, who both work at The Stony Brook School, and Maggie, who is a senior at The Stony Brook School, stayed in Busia for two weeks. During that time they set up the computers, networked them, trained the older children at the orphanage and the adults in charge of managing the school, and also taught other subjects at the orphanage. Christopher Higgins, an alumnus of The Stony Brook School, is currently a junior at Harvard University, and the founder and president of Friends of New Hope Foundation- a charitable non-profit foundation which raises money for the Ugandan orphanage. The funds for the computer school were raised in memory of Marty P. Higgins, a resident of Old Field and father of Chris Higgins, who died in March. The 88 children of New Hope Orphanage continue to need support and monthly sponsorship. If interested in supporting a child, please visit www.newhopeafricanchildren.org . |
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