REPORT ON MICHEL AND CHANCELINE'S VISIT TO YAOUNDE

SUCCESSES

The people of the Linux center Yaounde confirmed that all the new machines are working well
five students from the school have gained job opportunities
They have made contact with an Association which want to work hand in hand with them, TA MEU VICTOR is the director of this Association.
All the new machines have Ubuntu and Xubuntu installed in them.
They have some people who will always come and check their machines when there is a break down in the person of Roland and Neo
They also have a teacher who teaches maintenance
They have 8 students

FAILURES

some old machines are not more functioning
For the photocopy, the ink is finished.
Unable to update their page for reasons which are not clear.
Out of 3 new laptops, 2 are not functioning but we did not see them, they told us it is with a technician
They are unable to manage the new center which was created in Biteng
Yaounde has many technical difficulties, so Michel gave them the phone number of Nacer so they could take contact with him. Nacer is willing to help technically.

We are made to know and understand the goal of the project. We are supposed to collect the same amount of money for registration as in Limbe(2300) and ( not 10.000) like in Yaounde or (5000 ) which they now collect, so that we will be able to reach to many people with the idea of Solidarity as well as Free and Open Source software. Also, the idea that Yaounde do not want to register as a branch of the Association of Linux Friend Limbe is not accepted, with solidarity or open source. Every thing has to be open and clear.

Also, it was clear that Linux Friends Bekoko is doing well, Linux Friends Limbe is also doing well. So too, Yaounde should try and work hard. All in All we do not need do generate income from the students like what Yaounde is trying to do. We should train students who will inturn help to build up the school.Yaounde have trained the first six students and they are no more in the school to help it grow, this students have all found a job and can not stay to help build the Linux school the simple reason is that they paid high to study in this school, which is not the idea of solidarity.

Equaly we advice the people of Yaounde that they should always sent at list two students at a time to come to Limbe and learn some thing for one month so that when they get back to yaounde, they will be able to teach the other students while another two students will came when the other students are teaching in Yaounde they will also be learning some thing that they will also teach when they get back. But the Linux school Yaounde complain that they do not have money.

In this way, the two schools will be able to learn more at a very short period of time. But until now only two students have come to limbe for one month while the people only think michel must came to yaounde to teach for a week.This is not possible because Michel's priority is limbe which is the Center of Linux in Cameroon and again if we all learn in the same place it will be good and efficient. Again many people from different part of cameroon need the support of michel and so they can only join the others from Douala, Bekoko, Limbe to gain knowledge from michel. Michel and Chanceline have taught many times in yaounde and so now since many people have heart about Linux and are coming to the center in Limbe, it is preferable for 2 or 3 students from the other centers to come to Limbe from time to time to gain knowledge to help their own centers. Given the fact that Limbe has 35-40 students daily.

Chanceline

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I have read about your school in Switzerland. I teach computer science at the University of Applied Sciences in Luzern and I have just come back from a 4 months overland hitchhiking from Morocco to Benin. I visited a few schools on my way. Some of them in even more difficult situations than yours. Sometimes I try to explain my students here in Switzerland how spoiled they are and then I tell stories about my travelling in West Africa or in similar parts of the world. I congratulate you for your website and I wish you all the best to continue. When I get my next time off I might try to get in contact with you because I haven\