Connecting OUT to Toongabbie
The Connect OUT project at ICE aims to get IT skills training out to culturally diverse people and places that are lacking access to affordable IT equipment and training, in Holroyd and Parramatta.
Using mobile laptops, a short course was devised for a group of women who had limited to no computer skills to run at Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Services (HPMS). HPMS is located in Toongabbie and is a busy hub for communities as it offers many essential services for migrants and refugees and is located within a residential area, relatively isolated from the centres of Holroyd and Parramatta.
Here’s what the participants of the 2-day workshops said:
“I learned a lot. At home I can’t learn this much, all I do is cleaning, cooking. Here, everything is for me”
“I like to come here every day, at home I don’t do anything for me, here I learn everything. It is good, it will help me to get better job. I want to work in the office.”
“I go to work but I don’t use computer, I want to learn computer to get a better job.”
The Centre only has one community accessible computer and appreciated the use of ICE’s mobile IT kits, consisting of 6 laptops.
“Everything was new, I learned how to open the laptop, how to plug it in, how to write on it, how to save. Everything, I learned everything!”
“We need more classes. I work, I can’t go to TAFE. This program is good, it helps me to learn how to use the computer.”
For more information about the Connect OUT project, please email Nasrin Mahoutchi or call 9897 5744 extension 4
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