Stichting Eigenwijks | Computerwijk

Computerwijk helps underprivileged citizens in Amsterdam that are in need of extra help in education, work and personal development.

The most important target groups are women, senior citizens, immigrants and the unem-ployed. These groups often have less access to IT and therefore little or no knowledge about the world of IT and the Internet.

Computerwijk helps to bridge this digital divide by teaching them basic computer skills. This is done by volunteers who are selected from the target group and trained so that they can teach their fellow neighbours.

The target groups encounter different barriers that prevent them from knowing more about IT: social barriers, language barriers, financial barriers and technical barriers.

We help them increase their participation in society, create more interaction in the community, increase their self-esteem, and prevent isolation and loneliness.

On the long term, the goal is to increase involvement in the community, to reduce unemployment and to stimulate entrepreneurship.

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