Tawang: Education ‘Tech’ Lift

As part of the Give Back Project, Dell has partnered with award-winning National Geographic explorer, Mike Libecki and his 14-year-old daughter Lilliana Libecki to work in the remote village of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

The initiative aims at providing better education, enhance the quality of lives and create hope for the future with the possibilities that technology and internet can provide. Mike has completed over 75 major expeditions around the world, and this was Lilliana’s 6th expedition.

This is their fourth and biggest humanitarian project partnering with Dell. In the past, they have

installed solar panels, generators, and laptops in Peru, Nepal; Tanzania (schools, orphanages and monasteries).

Libecki’s and their team along with Dell employees have installed 20 new laptop computers, new printers, internet access and are imparting computer education to the kids and the teachers in Tawang. They have also installed new solar power, solar panels and solar generators for the computer centre and 14 additional buildings in the community. They trained the teachers and students how to use computers to help advance their education and ultimately create opportunity and a better quality of life now and in the future.

Goals:

• Install new Dell laptops, fully loaded, to educate and enhance the quality of lives

• Install new solar energy for the laptops, new solar lights, and full solar energy across Tawang

• Spread education and ensure sustainable development in the remote areas of Arunachal

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Tawang did not have access to some of the latest technologies that could help them in their day to day lives and enhance the education of their children. Mike Libecki along with Dell team helped in set up solar power, internet, and Dell computers to serve a need and give back to the world that they have explored and shared with so many. Mike worked with the locals and his personal non-profit organization The Joyineering Fund, to have the new computer centre built and complete the project.

Speaking about the initiative Mike Libecki says, Our goal from The Joyineering Fund, our family non-profit organization is to bring more joy to the world. We specialize in going to the most remote communities that need help with educational components like computers and internet, sustainable needs like solar energy, and we focus on the teamwork to make this possible.

Partnering with the amazing people at Dell Computers, our main partner for this project at the Jhamtse Gatsal Children Community in Arunachal Pradesh, India, creates the teamwork needed to succeed and make the world a better place.

In a world where we can be and do anything, be kind and do good. We will like to sincerely thank Dell Computers for their kindness and commitment to make this project a reality in the highest quality possible.” The idea that technology should be a driver of human progress is central to how Dell thinks as a company.

It can unlock health, happiness, and prosperity – helping all people reaches their full potential and share in the common good. It can fuel the imagination and help in to heal the sick. It can even restore the environment and reveal the mysteries of science. Technology drives what’s good. Every day, Dell pairs technology with innovation to make a positive social and environmental impact – building a legacy of Good.

They are committed to putting our technology and expertise to work, where it can do the best for people and the planet, making possible today what was impossible yesterday. Every team member at Dell shares this commitment because being a good company is the right thing to do, but it is also right for the business. They are creating real value for the customers, employees, and partners while driving social and environmental good in the community.