Telkom's managing director for consumer services and retail, Manelisa Mavuso, on Friday opened a computer literacy laboratory at the Othandweni Family Care Centre, in partnership with Huawei.
The contribution to Othandweni was initiated by Mavuso through the Telkom Foundation's Adopt-A-Project Programme.
"The programme encourages Telkom executives to patron a community project in various ways through financial support, time and skills contribution. Over the last three years, the Telkom Foundation has donated R300 000 to the Othandweni Family Care Centre," the company says.
The Othandweni Family Care Centre is situated in Mfolo South, Soweto, and offers residential care for children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected. It caters for 90 children from birth to 18 years of age.
Mavuso hopes the access to technology will advance the quality of education for the children at the centre. "There is no programme more constructive than an educational one. In the digital age, a big part of quality education is delivered through the use of ICTs," he says in a statement.
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