DOT 2010 - 2011 Intern Training

Everyday presents with it new opportunities and experiences to encounter. And this was the case for the over 50 new Digital Opportunity  Trust (DOT)interns when they set out to travel all the way to Sagana  105 km East of Nairobi for a two week training program.The interns are made up of young people of different ethnic backgrounds and thus present a cultural as well as a social extravaganza. They were selected from over 1000 applicants to represent the seven provinces. This meant spending long hours on the road and it wasn’t until the third day that all the expected interns had arrived.The physical exhaustion was soon washed away by the architectural beauty of the compound .From the vegetation, comfortable rooms to a finger-licking balance diet it is just what the interns needed to make their training period as interesting . The fun during training is further enhanced by the DOT facilitators all of whom are very knowledgeable and are more than willing to deliver the knowledge to the eager interns. The organization of the event is also top notch ensuring that all interns are at the right places at the right timeExcitement and expectation is full in the air at Bethany house as we undertaking our training. The atmosphere is electric and we are having a ball making new friends and are all eager to have the rest of the program get underway and learn more new things & exchange ideas.The interns appreciate that they have learned a lot of new ideas IT as the field is dynamic. New ideas encountered are that IT can be used in e-commerce, importance of socializing with people from different walk of life. Some of the challenges face like internet failure, interns having to share computers to and working to complete the assignments.