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GCE is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State. DYD is a program of the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan
>> Get Online Week: Kyrgyzstan February 28 — March 5, 2011 <<
Global Connections & Exchange | Digital Youth Dialogue
Recently, the Global Connections & Ex-
change (GCE) and Digital Youth Dia-
logue (DYD) programs participated in
“Get Online Week,” held between Feb-
ruary 28th and March 5th. “Get Online
Week” is a campaign organized by
Telecentre Europe to get new computer
users online. This year, 112,074 people
were involved in the campaign and the
GCE and DYD programs contributed to
this figure by brining 182 citizens
online. Three libraries and 19 schools
throughout Kyrgyzstan took part in
“Get Online Week” and organized
computer training sessions for parents,
grandparents and unemployed youth.
Students from Jalal-Abad region’s Bok-onbaev School lead training sessions for
their parents and grandparents
Six students at Naryn’s School No. 8 help 30 parents get online and learn
about key computer programs
Batken’s Uch-Korgon School hosts train-ing series for eight parents on internet
skills and finding news online
Osh’s Parpiev School invites five par-ents to computer training led by the IT
teacher and two students
Tech Age Girl Feruza Kasymova and student Azamat Begaliev train five par-
ents in Batken
A TAG alum leads students at Tok-togul’s Bokonbaev school in training six
adults on internet and computer basics
Two Nanaev school students in Talas conduct computer and internet training
for four parents
Six unemployed Alay residents take part in computer trainings offered at
Alay Central Library
Nine unemployed youth receive computer training at Jalal-Abad’s
public library to help them compete
Kyzyl-Kiya Library holds a four-day computer training for nine unemployed
and three disabled youth
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Youth in Kyrgyzstan Bring 182 Offline Citizens Online During “Get Online Week”
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Students from Jalal-Abad region’s Bokonbaev
School led trainings for their parents and grand-
parents during which trainees learned about
email and opened their own email accounts.
Sabira Turdalieva, a retired trainee, emailed
her son who currently works in Dubai. Her son
Nurkalyi immediately responded to her email
and was very surprised to see an email from his
mother.
On March 3, ten trainees observed a Skype
video call between Bokonbaev School and Alai
School located in Osh region. The trainees were
really impressed and excited to see how tech-
nology can be used the ways it can overcome
geographic barriers. Kalicha Toktosunova, a
trainee whose daughter is studying in the
United States said: “This is such a great oppor-
tunity! Next time I want to open my own Skype
account and I want to talk to my daughter.”
After this experience, the students decided not
to continue providing trainings to older genera-
tion and pass their knowledge to them.
Thirty parents and grandparents from Naryn’s
School No. 8 learned how to use internet, MS
Word, MS Excel, Picasa and email with the help
of six students. Trainees learned how to search
for information on the internet and discovered
news sites such as: www.akipress.kg and
www.azattyk.kg.
“Because of today’s training, I was able to find
good recipes for salads using Google and was
able to write e-mail to my grandchildren who
work in Russia. Now I am interested in using
the internet,” remarked grandparent Cholpon
Nurseitova. Another trainee and a pensioner
Kenje Andakulova said, “Because of this train-
ing I decided to buy computer for my grandson.
Now, I can understand why [young people] like
technology. It will be a good chance to improve
his knowledge.”
Batken region’s Uch-Korgon School hosted train-
ing series for eight parents during which train-
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Jalal-Abad students training community parents and grandparents in opening email accounts and connecting to the internet
Naryn School No. 8 Bokonbaev School, Jalal-Abad
Youth in Naryn assisted 30 adults of all ages connect to the internet for the first time during “Get Online Week”
Uch-Korgon School, Batken
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ees learned how to use the internet, read news
from various sites such as www.azattyk.kg and
www.24.kg, and some learned how to work in
Microsoft Word and Paint programs.
One parent, Rasul Murzaliev, owns a garden of
cherry trees and he used his new skills to search
for the tips on taking care of cherry trees as
they are the main source of income for many
residents of Uch Korgon village. Similarly, Mu-
kaddam Davlatova has a business raising chicken
at home and selling their eggs. She used inter-
net to find out more information and best prac-
tices in developing her business as well as tips
on taking care of chickens and illness preven-
tion. Hoshim Ergashev was very glad that he
learned how to find and read international and
national news on the internet as his only source
of news had been TV. He found it interesting to
read analytical articles about political develop-
ments in Kyrgyzstan.
Parpiev School No. 84, located in Osh, invited
five parents to attend free computer trainings
offered during “Get Online Week” by teacher
Rovshan Abakulov and two of his students. Par-
ents attending trainings for seven hours during
that week learned about computer and internet
basics as well as key boarding programs to help
them improve their typing speed. Trainees were
surprised how much they were able to learn in
such a short period and shared their desire to
come back to the school’s computer lab in or-
der to gain additional knowledge.
“I’ve learned so many things, like creating
documents in MS Word…. The most impressive
thing is that now I know how to search for in-
teresting facts or information in the internet…
It would be good if you organized [more] IT
trainings [in the future,]” remarked trainee
Umida Unusova.
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Students in Batken trained adults on accessing news from the internet, and oper-
ating Microsoft Office Suite
Parpiev School, Osh
Parents of students at Par-piev School in Shark Village attend a “Get Online Week”
training
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Tech Age Girl alumna Feruza Kasymova and 8th
grade student Azamat Begaliev trained five par-
ents at the Gagarin School in Batken. The stu-
dents organized the training based on what par-
ticipants wanted to learn.
Tamara Amirakulova and Jannatai Maripova
wanted to learn how to work with and edit text
in Microsoft Word; Nargiza Halmatova, Sayakat
Kadyrova, and Koisunai Sharipova already knew
some basic computer programs and they were
able to open their own email accounts. All of
the trainees learned about news websites avail-
able in Kyrgyzstan and how to look for informa-
tion on the internet.
“I am happy that I participated in this training
as I know how important it is to learn modern
technology now… I plan to improve my com-
puter skills,” said trainee Nargiza Halmatova.
Tech Age Girls project alumna Nurjan Turduma-
tova and 11th grade student Aitbbubu Zakirova
conducted internet and computer basics train-
ing for the six parents and grandparents of stu-
dents at Bokonbaev School. The training was
offered based on the needs of participants.
Turat Kochkorov a 40 year old parent and Taalai
Saipbaev a 45 year old parent, both unem-
ployed, learned how to open email accounts.
Both had resumes, but they were not on a com-
puter. During the training they learned how to
create an electronic version of the resumes and
were then able to submit them in response to a
vacancy at the Megacom Cell Phone Company.
Aitkan Atakulova, a pensioner who is interested
in gardening and agriculture, learned how to
use search engines to find information on grow-
ing indoor and outdoor plants, and instructions
for the care of cucumbers and potatoes.
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Gagarin School, Batken
At Gagarin school in Batken, students held a training for parents on internet news, Microsoft Word, Excel,
and other productivity applications
Bokonbaev School, Toktogul
Talgat Subanaliev teaches his mother internet skills at Bokonbaev School, in Toktogul
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“I heard a lot about the internet but I didn’t
realize its enormous benefits until I used it for
the first time myself today. I am happy that my
daughter studies at Bokonbaev School, because
it has free internet access. I am proud of our
children teaching us what we couldn’t learn
when we were in school…” remarked Aitkan
Atakulova.
TAG alumna Symbat Asan kyzy and 10th grade
student Adash Kurmanbek kyzy conducted com-
puter and internet training for four parents at
the Nanaev School, Aral village, Talas region.
For all four women, this was their first time us-
ing the internet.
The participants were happy to discover
www.akipress.kg, a Kyrgyzstan-based news site,
and spent some time increasing their awareness
of their country’s political and social life. In
addition to internet basics, they learned how to
create Power Point Presentations and use Micro-
soft word.
Julduz Sydykova, one of the trainees remarked;
“The most important thing that you can learn
at any age is how to use a computer…. Now we
know how useful computers are.”
Following the training, Asan kyzy and Kurman-
bek kyzy created short videos about this event.
One of the videos can be seen at
http://youtu.be/uEaoN4BMaaE.
Six unemployed Alay residents took part in com-
puter trainings offered at Alay Central Library.
Gulmeyiz Masabirova hasn’t been able to find a
job since graduating from university. During
trainings at her local library she learned com-
puter basics and more importantly about web-
sites like www.rabota.kg and www.zarplata.kg,
where jobs are advertised.
In addition, trainees were introduced to Skype,
and since all of them had relatives working out-
side of Kyrgyzstan, they were glad to learn that
they now have the opportunity to communicate
with them via emails and Skype.
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Nanaev School, Talas Alay Central Library
Adash Kurmanbek kyzy trains Talas parent Gulaium Samturova on Power Point, Microsoft Word, Picasa,
Excel, Movie Maker and internet resources
Alay librarian Uulkan Kaldibaeva is trains unem-ployed attendees to use Microsoft Word
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Nine unemployed youth were able to receive
instrumental skills that would make them more
valuable in the job market at the Jalal-Abad
Library.
Aiperi Mirzalieva never had an email account,
but thanks to the training she now has one and
knows how to use it. Guljamal Moltoeva is an
unemployed but recent graduate with econom-
ics degree who realized that without computer
knowledge it is even harder to find a job. The
training offered at the library helped her learn
about websites where most of the jobs in Kyr-
gyzstan are advertised.
She even called one of the employers that had
posted a vacancy on www.rabota.kg, a job site
in Kyrgyzstan, and was able to get detailed in-
formation about the position. As a result of the
training, participants learned how to create a
resume and prepared electronic versions of
their resumes.
“I took computer courses while studying at the
university but had few opportunities to prac-
tice. The training this week gave me real tools
which I will improve further on, and I believe I
can find a job after discovering job-seeking
websites,” shared trainee Aichurek Karataeva.
Kyzyl-Kiya’s Library conducted a four-day train-
ing on computing for nine unemployed and
three handicapped youth. In During the training
they learned how to open e-mail accounts, and
registered on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and
Skype to stay in touch.
One of the trainees, Nazira Mamadjanova, an
unemployed accountant learned about online
job postings in Kyrgyzstan, and Dilbar Rahman-
berdieva learned how to create an electronic
resume, and now plans to apply for jobs online.
Umid Halbaev is a graduate from Kyzyl-Kiya
Pedagogical Institute with a degree of Social
Worker was interested in learning about various
social networks such as Facebook to make
friends and connections online.
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Kyzyl-Kiya Library
Attendees learned computing basics and how to apply for jobs online
Jalal-Abad Library
At the Jalal-Abad Library, 15 unemployed youth learned how to hunt for jobs online and how to create
electronic resumes
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