Dell has a rich history of corporate responsibility but just recently launched the amazing Dell YouthConnect program. Christel House India participated in 2009 and today, Christel House South Africa received a transformational gift from Dell.

The program is "designed to provide support for the educational and digital inclusion initiatives essential to success". At Christel House South Africa, that means a full computer lab to enhance math, science, music and other instruction, a laptop for each teacher in their classroom, visual media projectors, printers, CAD Drawing pens for engineering drawing class and flash drives for students in Grade's 11 & 12.

Dell has taken learning and technology to the next level at Christel House South Africa. Their involvement will truly prepare our students to connect, learn, and grow with their peers.

Thanks Dell - you're making a world of difference, and it shows.

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Two students and our art teacher from Christel House India have been selected to attend the first annual Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) Summit 2009 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. They are part of Christel House India's Animation & Short Film making team who are trained by professionals from AYV.

AYV is an initiative sponsored by Adobe in association with America India Foundation with a vision to introduce young minds to the digital world. The Adobe Youth Voice Summit will bring together 100 global AYV participants who represent over 7,500 youth and 400 educators from more than 30 countries.

To view some of the students' films, visit our blog (Feb 21) or our Vimeo Channel or YouTube Channel.

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Students from grades 7-9 recently filmed "We Are by Your Side", a short film that can be viewed here. Before submitting to several festivals, the film was screened for students grades 5-10 at Christel House India. Many were moved to tears sharing that this was the story of their lives.

Through the Adobe Youth Voices program, students from Christel House India have learned digital media skills and produced several short films.

A Request From Earth
Rakshitka's Story
Shattered Dreams

Labels: Adobe, Christel House, digital media, film, India