CeCafé - Conselho dos Exportadores de Café do Brasil (Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council) has developed a project to promote "digital inclusion", called "Criança do Café na Escola" (Coffee kids at school) whereby Cecafé builds computer/IT facilities in schools educating children coming from predominantly coffee-growing areas.
The aim of this project, which was created in 2004, is to incentivise the children to attend school, and apart from receiving regular education, the children will also learn how to use computers. The IT facilities are also used to educate adults during after-school hours.
Nestlé Brasil, in partnership with CeCafé and coffee exporter Atlantica, has contributed toward the construction of one such facility in 2009, with a few more planned in 2010. To date, more than 96 facilities have been built through this project.
For more information on Criança do Café na Escola, please visit:
http://www.cecafe.com.br/responsabilidade_social.asp#ProjetoIncDigital (Portuguese)
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