The role of information technology in linking communities was exemplified in the activities and outcomes arising out of the recent visit to Lethem by the Ambassadors of the STEM Guyana Organization under the leadership of the Guyanese-born, Atlanta-based national awardee Karen Abrams, who work in schools and clubs in Guyana in the areas of information technology, notably robotics.
Information technology is relatively new to most of the youngsters at Lethem now enrolled in STEM Guyana’s Reading and Robotics Programme taking place at the Lethem Library, though, Abrams told Stabroek Business following the return of a team of trainers from Lethem last week that the sense of adventure, diligence and enthusiasm demonstrated by the participants more than makes up for their lack of know how. “The single most important feature of the work that we are doing in communities like Lethem is the speed with which the children are developing their robot-building and programming skills.
Abrams believes that the real benefit of STEM Guyana’s work with children in hinterland communities is the discovery it has bared that in many communities outside of Georgetown, which would not normally be able to access such technology, “we are discovering young people who are equally talented, skilled and fearless about learning new skills and technology.