CiH for children of refugee background: Dundedin Refugee CiH Update

On 29 April 2016 Di Daniels attended the DUNEDIN EDUCATION HUI held at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin to share ideas and experience on how to best support the Syrian families who had arrived in Dunedin the previous week.

Speakers included:

Pip Laufiso / Hassan Ibrahim Ministry of Education Refugee and Migrant team
Julie Anderson- Director of Education, Otago Southland
Keynote Speaker – Brent Ingram past Principal Hagley Community College ChCh
Patrick O’Connor – Director PEETO- The Multicultural Learning Centre ChCh
Helen Taylor-Young – Principal Victory School Nelson
Mastura Abdu Rahman – Diversity Manager
Sarah Denny – Director of Learning Communities – Hagley Community College
Di Daniels – National Coordinator, Computers in Homes
Ikran Ahmed- Bilingual Worker Hagley Community College
Sumaiya – General Manager, Canterbury Refugee Council and Ahmed Tan – Chairman, National Refugee Network

Helen Taylor-Young from Victory School in Nelson and
Hassan Ibrahim, Refugee and Migrant Coordinator for MoE South

Shona Te Huki, Computers in Homes Manager

The 20/20 Trust provides refurbished computers and internet access to about 100 refugee background families nationally per year, under a Ministry of Education contract. The Ministry also contracts separately a regional training provider to deliver the training component, employ family liaison and provide technical support to the families during the 12 month contract.

The initiative runs in refugee background communities in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Nelson.

Goals

1. to give refugee families the necessary computing tools and skills to become active learners
2. to provide refugee children and their families with access to online educational resources from home.

Outcomes

1. Greater self-confidence in using IT resources
2. Improved child/parent and home/school relationships
3. Families accessing educational resources relevant to their language and cultural backgrounds.
4. Improved literacy and numeracy for refugee children and their families
5. Improved communication skills

These projects are managed from CiH National Office.

Contact

Shona Te Huki

021 840 053

shona.tehuki@2020.org.nz.

Computers in Homes

Bringing Technology to New Zealand families since 2000

Computers in Homes works with low decile schools, helping students and their families use internet, email and computers at home, school and work.

Between July 2015 and June 2016, we helped 1,750 families from 421 schools and kura. We've helped 16,890 families since we started.

Visit www.computersinhomes.nz

The 20/20 Trust

New Zealanders fully participating in our digital world

Computers in Homes is an initiative of the 20/20 Trust.

The 20/20 Trust works with communities, leading programmes contributing to New Zealanders’ digital literacy, skills and inclusion.

Our other programmes include KiwiSkills, Stepping UP, ICDL and the Digital Inclusion Map.

Visit www.2020.org.nz