The flight from\nZ\u00fcrich to Nairobi was without problems. After the plane was de-iced\nBirgit and Michael could enjoy a journey without any turbulences.\nOnly shortly before landing, the landing gear was extended with an\nunusually loud noise, the Boeing suddenly took off again. Some\nuncertainty spread until the pilot explained that another plane was\nblocking the runway. Passport and customs checks were carried out\nquickly and without problems, and so the reception trio consisting of\nSister Lucy & Sister Rosa as well as Werner welcomed Birgit and\nMichael. Meanwhile Michael Schmelzer sat in the departure hall to\nboard exactly this plane back to Zurich – with a stopover in Dar es\nSalaam\/Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the first working\nday Werner gave Michael an overview of the technical situation at the\nschool; which was described here before. They immediately started to\nactivate the devices, which were still in an acceptable condition and\ncould be integrated into networks. There were not many of them. At\nthe end of our stay, we will know how many computers are actually\nrunning reliably in the IT room, currently about 36 desktops. The\nlaptops that Michel Pecchia had donated have all been installed now,\npartly thanks to the „forcepae“ command and ready to be\ntransported to Chesongoch. This trip is planned for Tuesday next\nweek; we\u2019ll go there by bus and back by plane. We\u2019ll stay for two\ndays to get the UMTS supported Internet up and running and to equip\nthe newly built but little used visitor center with two standalone\ndesktops. So far it has been quite difficult, though, as the older\nbarebones, which are intended for this purpose, don’t get along well\nwith the available monitors. We\u2019ll be working on it. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considering the\nincreasing hardware failures, it was discussed with Sr. Lucy\n(administrator), Geoffrey (director) and Richard (IT teacher) whether\nthe IT room is still needed at all, especially since the resources of\nLinux4Afrika are coming to an end. It became clear that this offer of\nthe school represents a so-called USP (Unique Selling Proposition),\nwhich one does not want to do without. In this context the fact is\nimportant that the tablets, which are increasingly available at\nschool, belong to the children themselves \u2013 they are mainly used to\ncollect information from the Windows notebooks that serve as servers\n\u2013 so it\u2019s not really IT lessons. So there is need for talks and\nsome ideas that should not be detailed at this point. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The area in Ruaraka\nhas changed a lot due to the extension of the connected hospital. It\nis expected that the shell will be finished by the middle of the year\nand that the demand, especially for complicated deliveries, can be\nmet. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There has been \n„Movie Time“ for the Sisters twice , because HP had\nprovided an HDD with numerous films, which Michael had supplemented\nwith some videos and copied onto a small disk. Excerpts from the\nAdvent concert in the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany, the\n„Halleluja“ with Helene Fischer were very well received.\nAnd „Victor Borge“ made the community laugh heartily (you\ncan also watch it on YouTube!). On Sunday, „Harry Potter“\nwill be screened in the school auditorium. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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