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Since we are going to Chesongoch on Tuesday, we first concentrated on making the notebooks and two barebone desk computers work. Whereas the notebooks went smoothly with Ubuntu 18.04 (with a little “forcepae” as mentioned before) there was a problem with the ACER monitors which, controlled by the barebones, showed an unreadable image on the screens. We were already exchanging […]
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The flight from Zürich to Nairobi was without problems. After the plane was de-iced Birgit and Michael could enjoy a journey without any turbulences. Only shortly before landing, the landing gear was extended with an unusually loud noise, the Boeing suddenly took off again. Some uncertainty spread until the pilot explained that another plane was blocking the runway. Passport and […]
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First Michael was shown the grounds and the various facilities on the site of the convent in Nairobi. Then Michael was introduced to the IT teacher Richard, who was pleased to see us, and the classroom was inspected. We quickly realized why. Many devices are unplugged or have problems to start. So let’s get to work. The new server hard […]
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Today (Wednesday) is the last day in Ruaraka. Birgit & Michael will be heading to Masai Mara National Park, and when they return they’re going to spend one more night in Karen, where they will meet with Dr. Walk and his wife (who are arriving in Ruaraka on February 8th). Both classroom are now fully operational, except two computers which […]
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Fridays are half days at the school. After lunch, all the students go to do aerobics. Michael had brought over a suitcase full of new jerseys and shorts from his table-tennis club as there’s a table inside the auditorium. As chance would have it, he met his match that day, namely Stefanie Seiz, who works with street kids in the […]
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For many years Linux4Afrika has supported St. Scholastica Catholic School of the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing in Ruaraka, Nairobi. Invited by Linux4Afrika Sr. Emily, principal of the school, was our guest for some days at the end of March. A considerable and multicoloured program had been planned for Sr. Emily by the host families Scholtz and Merkel: trips with […]
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The last two days of our work (Sunday and Monday) consisted of HP finalizing a few server settings and cloning a few hard drives, while Stefan and Michael started freeing up space in the classroom by removing the unnecessary hardware and stowing all the spare items in the closet at the back of the room, inside somewhat neatly labeled cartons. […]
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