Training in Tubah

My assignment is to develop and implement some simple computer tools to support Councils to be more efficient and improve their revenue collections. One of the barriers is that many of the people I am working with have never used a computer before. In Tubah (a Council area ajoining Bamenda) we sat some employees in front of laptops and had them enter data into spreadsheets. I had to show them how to use a mouse, where the number keys were and assure them that mistakes were easily corrected. After that, they settled in and worked dilligently for several hours, taking turns in reading the numbers aloud and entering them in the spreadsheet. I was amazed at how well they did and they felt proud of learning a new skill.