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Educators expected to teach in a digital world without ever having had access to a computer or reliable connectivity.
The Community Computer Aid Project expands access to computers, digital skills and technology for vulnerable and underserved communities across Sierra Leone.
The Community Computer Aid Project (CCAP) is an initiative of Enough Abuse Campaign Sierra Leone (EAC-SL), implemented through the Sierra Leone Institute for Humanitarian and Sustainable Development (SLIHSD). CCAP was created to bridge the digital divide by expanding access to computers, digital skills training, and technology for vulnerable and underserved communities across Sierra Leone, enabling them to improve education, employment, entrepreneurship, and social inclusion.
We deliver free, practical training in digital literacy, artificial intelligence, graphic design, digital marketing, entrepreneurship and employability — paired with access to Community Digital Learning Centres that remain in the community as shared, lasting infrastructure.
Our approach is rooted in dignity and protection. Working through EAC-SL’s existing networks, we reach the people most often overlooked — rural teachers and pupils, women, out-of-school youth, persons with disabilities, and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence rebuilding their independence.
To bridge the digital divide by providing free digital skills training and technology access for vulnerable people in rural communities.
A digitally empowered Sierra Leone where every child, teacher, woman, person with a disability, youth and survivor has equal access to technology, knowledge and opportunity.
Across rural Sierra Leone, digital skills are treated as a basic requirement for education and employment — yet the tools to build them are largely out of reach.
Schools and community groups lack computers, so learners study technology in theory and never touch it in practice.
Educators are asked to prepare pupils for a digital economy without training, equipment or connectivity of their own.
Private training centres are concentrated in cities and priced far beyond the reach of rural households.
Social, economic, and accessibility barriers continue to limit their access to digital technologies, digital skills, and the economic opportunities that digital inclusion can create.
Thousands of young people in Sierra Leone complete their education without acquiring the digital literacy, ICT, and workplace skills that employers expect as a minimum requirement. As a result, they struggle to secure employment, start businesses, or compete in an increasingly digital economy. The Community Computer Aid Project addresses this challenge by providing free, practical digital skills training, career readiness support, and entrepreneurship development to improve employability and economic resilience.
SGBV survivors, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups often lack access to affordable, accessible, and supportive digital skills training. Without opportunities to develop employable skills, many remain dependent on others and vulnerable to continued poverty, exploitation, and social exclusion. The Community Computer Aid Project provides inclusive ICT training and digital literacy programmes that empower participants to gain employment, start businesses, and achieve sustainable economic independence.
CCAP exists to make technology access, economic resilience and digital inclusion ordinary parts of rural life in Sierra Leone. We train people at no cost, equip Community Digital Learning Centres they collectively own, and support local facilitators so learning continues long after a programme ends.
Free, practical skills for those with the least access.
Community centres with devices, power and connectivity.
Local facilitators and mentorship that keep centres running.
We prioritise participants for whom a single course can change a household’s trajectory.
Educators expected to teach in a digital world without ever having had access to a computer or reliable connectivity.
Learners in rural schools who finish their education with no practical exposure to the technology employers expect.
Women excluded from digital opportunity by cost, distance and social barriers, seeking income and independence.
Young people facing high unemployment who need market-relevant skills, mentorship and a path to earning.
Survivors supported through EAC-SL who need safe, dignified routes to economic independence and recovery.
Whole communities served by shared Community Digital Learning Centres they can rely on long after training ends.