San Marcos Arteaga is a community of about 1000 people located about 16km southwest of the city of Huajuapan de León in Oaxaca, Mexico. The primary school, Escuela Ricardo Flores Magon, is located across a street from the main square.
Five volunteers from Kids on Computers traveled to Huajuapan de León in May of 2011. While in the Huajuapan area, they and some local volunteers traveled to San Marcos Arteaga to establish a computer lab in the primary school. Six laptops had been hand carried from the U.S.A. and designated for this school.
The room for the computer lab had electrical power, but had no way to connect to the internet. The nearest telephone and modem was in the city hall inside the Mayor’s office – across the street and two buildings away. We strung cable from the city hall, up through the ceiling and roof, across two adjacent roofs, across a street and into the school building.
The children pay attention to the teachers, then pair up play the Tux Suite games and enjoy access to the laptops!
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