SchoolNet hosts Tudor Clee who is creating an amazing 'Touchable Earth' app for tablets

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">About Tudor</span>…</b></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Tudor Clee is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEb7fnM9fKE7DLqZY4DqgG9lWWXXV513_X0qBHcI1v9HO4Mqymr9TUT4NK_a5MiTqFxe0JBxOdH4ejBsgCBGLzu-K2fWRNvf6JLgQs-sbFGz2_gzZNXP9IXIKK_YEUTA4rTtXcuuKQCH8/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img align="right" alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fAEwHXTUlAyvEZg2p5ZNiojScrWRnoSScRaAckKAaJKLfZ2u3co-Jyh2xbMVC7Q3gmPDL57xz-4f4r7viZs95CIuOx63GDeSxAgD2noGCcN_0i4_mW0yQi_fpOWW5sMoboO5t5rFVMc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="187" /></a> Zealand specializing in Criminal and Traffic law. After a series of uphill battles in New Zealand, Tudor wanted to do something to serve a greater purpose. He decided to create a Worldbook project called  'Touchable Earth'. SchoolNetSA was Tudor's host in South Africa and on the right you can see him along with Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet. </span> </div><h6 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>About the Touchable Earth project</b>…</span></h6><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">‘Touchable Earth’ is going to be designed as an application for tablets to provide engaging, easy, hands-on information for children in countries across the world. The aim of the project is to capture children in their authentic environments to showcase indigenous culture, schooling, friends and every day facts about the participating country.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tudor has travelled to 14 countries in less than one month and has completed video footage and photo stories from Kurdistan, Romania, China, Nepal, Brazil and this week South Africa. Two schools in South Africa were visited and these were Lakeview Full Service Primary School in Soweto, Johannesburg and Isibongo Primary in Mpophomeni, near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal.</span> </div><h6 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>About Lakeview Full Service Primary School</b>…</span></h6><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lakeview Full Service Primary is in Dhlamini, Soweto. This school has been operational for 14 years and services the children from<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWae6eBuuZTOnpyu6GfTPQK6L3K6qs2p7PdES4WS3Bzu6FeTTb728zm6SA-kmGaa3dgdI0Qw_MIi3drpkEMlXmzr8zPGMcYfcSCzsrNZdHPnx18nZZqBciXpeoorbM6bqBEL22BXsbuq8/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWwGitpZRAXjSmdhPcl0BTqi114g-43O6Zd29_pFAw-0PkZ45KtpZEvN1Xxis4LMf23C5w0R-26h5o6VUaD1i6J0XCE4AFAFww9msOMNvup8gqyzm2RUqYWgOy87TvL5Lijfyd30NtE0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="148" /></a> Kliptown, Chris Hani and Slovo Park. Children walk in excess of 5 km each way and about 60% are orphaned and living with extended family. As a full service school, the Principal, Mr Victor Bilankulu (featured on the left) advocates that children with minor learning disabilities be included in mainstream learning. To assist with this task, the school has a dedicated social worker and has teachers with Remedial Education expertise.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The learners at this school have started a food garden through the Soul Buddyz initiative and are successfully growing lettuce, </span><span style="font-size: small;">cabbage, cauliflower, spring onions and carrots. The school has a feeding programme for all needy learners.</span> </div><h6 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Making ‘Touchable Earth’ at Lakeview Full Service Primary</span></h6><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The day started with the principal hosting an assembly with children singing and dancing. Tudor got to work with his sidekick/tour guide and chauffeuse, Ms Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet SA and captured the learners in class, playing with friends and then visiting a child’s home so that he could get video footage of indigenous games played outside school.</span><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuu-kMZH491pUeidJlGcyXBQfQwKwsqE2brpF1Jq1r_C6k9XeHo8vQujWBm7-SRKwG2boYG1ddQygsZBo5t5_64kojux1yePeV5SdciZSFeiqN_mocDIgXytdBwPSFaJ9xwHQi5OvpSg/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuu-kMZH491pUeidJlGcyXBQfQwKwsqE2brpF1Jq1r_C6k9XeHo8vQujWBm7-SRKwG2boYG1ddQygsZBo5t5_64kojux1yePeV5SdciZSFeiqN_mocDIgXytdBwPSFaJ9xwHQi5OvpSg/s200/1.JPG" width="200" /></a></td> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmOfPQpSvTYd5Bmg87mPWcC_SIqBCuQb8o-68xdoc7ZG3d-v1MD9c2L_MufkKI8gRNC9SaYz32Afb6JTzTfFaKTGyPGkRgM9H9rGvt2gWBj1W_4oHwaXEyLHXI2jn4u4RpE1hmR8Cmwo/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmOfPQpSvTYd5Bmg87mPWcC_SIqBCuQb8o-68xdoc7ZG3d-v1MD9c2L_MufkKI8gRNC9SaYz32Afb6JTzTfFaKTGyPGkRgM9H9rGvt2gWBj1W_4oHwaXEyLHXI2jn4u4RpE1hmR8Cmwo/s200/2.JPG" width="200" /></a></td> <td></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CTlFcnzxfCvc5H5r5wE27aIPN1xzs1WcreaMUfnQniatGWyBlllJCohQk_lE9OB4U9mMretkBSbWtJOxT9ju-Ql9EldTcYWI_zKAB0tlZhxq4wC0To1v6iQ-P5zvelLG2FXSGbhq0QU/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CTlFcnzxfCvc5H5r5wE27aIPN1xzs1WcreaMUfnQniatGWyBlllJCohQk_lE9OB4U9mMretkBSbWtJOxT9ju-Ql9EldTcYWI_zKAB0tlZhxq4wC0To1v6iQ-P5zvelLG2FXSGbhq0QU/s200/3.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />All grades stand in a semi-circular configuration during assembly - an idea shared through an exchange programme with a school in Mauritius (top left).  </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Soul Buddyz club tends to the food garden (top right)</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. The Grade 4s in their English class (left). </span></span></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6LJX75oRhYvrgIuHoYQdrEgGkrpvQVMArBfPaPDAZRgqXOEsB4lM4FRk49yWq_j-Qhr99i2exJQ8yZxW6mSz3fK8hEuB8oz9WACQDqTSx-ZHpGB2VzDP5ZvKFpm1-y041XJLCb9UyTE/s1600-h/image%25255B24%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6LJX75oRhYvrgIuHoYQdrEgGkrpvQVMArBfPaPDAZRgqXOEsB4lM4FRk49yWq_j-Qhr99i2exJQ8yZxW6mSz3fK8hEuB8oz9WACQDqTSx-ZHpGB2VzDP5ZvKFpm1-y041XJLCb9UyTE/s1600-h/image%25255B24%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>About Isibongo Lower Primary situated in Mpophomeni KwaZulu-Natal...</b></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Isibongo Lower Primary School is nestled close to the rolling hills of the KZN Midlands</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span> When entering the premises of Isibongo Lower Primary School the first impression is one of a very well cared for school with neat flower borders and clean tidy classrooms. No children were visible outside and the sounds of singing practices were emanating from inside the busy classrooms.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph38J_SkJsCxVvz3OO6gEilUr4FqEudHS9cJ3P0jlGeiejwJAWm1T0iElRKaWEXDN7jVszUkdtiADHCPNoVJiJD0cClsAeX-q8y_lxP4pDEKtFFZ9-35mT2GBRz6YpiQf4iYo6m-zL5Q/s1600/te3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiph38J_SkJsCxVvz3OO6gEilUr4FqEudHS9cJ3P0jlGeiejwJAWm1T0iElRKaWEXDN7jVszUkdtiADHCPNoVJiJD0cClsAeX-q8y_lxP4pDEKtFFZ9-35mT2GBRz6YpiQf4iYo6m-zL5Q/s400/te3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>        <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3AB04qAqK7j2kt388vt1_Jy7uL4Skl2Qf68l4TTdaVoQFhLVH2jZAolAcVz32AbwtC9qicPr_lSEWGYNctO6wynLp3Rotgmedldw9pxnTRGpVHIdzyx8GZQezH8IbPlVR5UPDLS5lrE/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" alt="clip_image002" border="0" height="163" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2vjpubTXeefL6d1PEvyAVl921_aXuWJedYz0hfcTwvksNri27iJwtbSHGgd7QM3ZXg_eUJwbAQv4SRGY2KyzoHIW8unFQw4ZoQDGaID2xqxjOrCZMLmIpv3vjVpQXv5nlZmH0BKlbEI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image002" width="244" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">In the photo on the top right you can see Sibongile Mshengu – IT teacher from Mpophomeni High School, Hlengiwe Mfeka from SchoolNet SA and the principal Mrs Dudu Ndlovu.<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hlengiwe and Sbongile had only been able to arrange the visit for the photo shoot by Tudor a few days prior to his arrival due to the school holidays. Fortunately Mrs Ndlovu the principal was very accommodating indeed and had met with Hlengiwe during the holidays. In this short space of time each of the classes had managed to create and polish their performances in a range of cultural dances and songs as well as traditional games and some public speeches about South Africa and Mpophomeni township itself.</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Making ‘Touchable Earth’ at Isibongo Lower Primary in Mpophomeni KwaZulu-Natal</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First up were these young ladies below who sang a traditional wedding song.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZgnYCFpBuKBLbhpIkz1Mtf7W-55xpS8z-l4QUyAXJlj_qOc0oyvfek1HGFMfi8PgwY6yS3VCmCMHUKDSI5yNesfFS3DxtKWigEPzn4XF2aGVXT8ddQYBICVgI1KNwGCpo3IgdeswamU/s1600-h/image%25255B46%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-TdZ0Q7NqMOQnvLuZg4CzvEi6UgbGY_DC2bqa0PtaNh-UPaO3sJY_EOzJCF6VjALEq-c-XCt8IqT177xTfee_8di17xYNKO7qS-V70SLQFSeHnEUw82R82s2OR0J-W_9NiVz3sUNYFM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; 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Below on the left you can see the children drawing out a hopscotch grid. On the right below you can see them kicking  the cans then stingers from the tennis ball while Tudor videos them at play. </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFTW1XmaSR6dr4mfDJU74J4By1wggrfQc1QlNiLps16Fv-vbhA6K_n1gkO6JU4wnBlKIdDEYSZWLgWh_hrzGv84NHC5b8mYoEQ2iyrRKzIqurVfq9-Te2hqmS-2NFu8ib6ffeY3Va3xo/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFTW1XmaSR6dr4mfDJU74J4By1wggrfQc1QlNiLps16Fv-vbhA6K_n1gkO6JU4wnBlKIdDEYSZWLgWh_hrzGv84NHC5b8mYoEQ2iyrRKzIqurVfq9-Te2hqmS-2NFu8ib6ffeY3Va3xo/s200/7.JPG" width="200" /></a></td> <td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9u8xrsLPuV4oqNmgSgoEqz2FXAlTabDTU4D2fnKEKdo2mnvw5_9X9OHjnaeSHny72Sh6hfiWEaosZGjYuziQjOT9bPaUsJEwoeSHw1JIRSWZVCizRB48SHeG12lQbcQZDBt4e-bo6no/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9u8xrsLPuV4oqNmgSgoEqz2FXAlTabDTU4D2fnKEKdo2mnvw5_9X9OHjnaeSHny72Sh6hfiWEaosZGjYuziQjOT9bPaUsJEwoeSHw1JIRSWZVCizRB48SHeG12lQbcQZDBt4e-bo6no/s200/6.JPG" width="200" /> </a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Varieties of handshakes for different age groups were explored and videoed as were stories about friends. </span></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPb01b2KZAsV5qMjSEDScOLNSs0TAnqzC-Virmfu7iLKfLYw6FVR_TBruHMlQ6scE4l1LMKv0XKHFaQkU5hDlPpxrj6l0Zn6-2KMVeoFiiDid5l-4b_p07S3fgXywxBcrZtL6YNnAnLo/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnPb01b2KZAsV5qMjSEDScOLNSs0TAnqzC-Virmfu7iLKfLYw6FVR_TBruHMlQ6scE4l1LMKv0XKHFaQkU5hDlPpxrj6l0Zn6-2KMVeoFiiDid5l-4b_p07S3fgXywxBcrZtL6YNnAnLo/s200/8.JPG" width="200" /></a></td> <td><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJE1JSjUnD1Md22i1Xu7672MqnEH_7XJ84rJKfHTQUWusp3QEIzmhtpCsw0eVbmNH3WPacj40HHr-hX2hENtuHpCYmwJ7wDZlLgCVJwbrq9FFkWk74zyy2SBTBj3wcbE_te9YZvoWJS8/s1600/handshake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJE1JSjUnD1Md22i1Xu7672MqnEH_7XJ84rJKfHTQUWusp3QEIzmhtpCsw0eVbmNH3WPacj40HHr-hX2hENtuHpCYmwJ7wDZlLgCVJwbrq9FFkWk74zyy2SBTBj3wcbE_te9YZvoWJS8/s200/handshake.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu-DMegSR_fA8So8P7Vp_pY7yzINB6z5R2zGdbX4q2pEftSK6C5hUzkFPHflc2-UhFuGgkwxaGu5oKppPg1dqfK9teIySaVWFbTOjUst8oU9mUTdEoKQQzaH6EnGFwVfV3FurUOuIW18/s1600/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu-DMegSR_fA8So8P7Vp_pY7yzINB6z5R2zGdbX4q2pEftSK6C5hUzkFPHflc2-UhFuGgkwxaGu5oKppPg1dqfK9teIySaVWFbTOjUst8oU9mUTdEoKQQzaH6EnGFwVfV3FurUOuIW18/s200/9.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In each country Tudor is filming children explaining the meaning of the symbols and colours on their flags – the children at Isibongo proved to be well versed in this knowledge and in this photograph were able to recite the name of the capitals of the country – although it did not seem logical to Tudor to have three separate capital cities. He was also surprised at the the size of the country's population and the location of their township (</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mpophomeni</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in Kwazulu-Natal.  </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTgl69dKfIaIMlmtqRiL54flZ9EWi3mt-O6SUHdXJGJDSGETO_jx7acYMi6qMQzUWVK5ModzYGualhSZ6__AOIoSQgoG4APcHJk_PzAovLC8liVGRpKiKIlALscYjXQYPU03i3lb5hnU/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTgl69dKfIaIMlmtqRiL54flZ9EWi3mt-O6SUHdXJGJDSGETO_jx7acYMi6qMQzUWVK5ModzYGualhSZ6__AOIoSQgoG4APcHJk_PzAovLC8liVGRpKiKIlALscYjXQYPU03i3lb5hnU/s200/4.JPG" width="200" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">The staff at the school had prepared traditional food for Tudor. He was presented with a lunch consisting of tripe, cow’s head, Jeqe and patatas with Amawehu to drink.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  </span></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The final shoot was at the home of one of the learners – and the school had selected Siphokazi who had been the explainer of the colours behind the national flag. She is a delightful child who is very proud of her family and close to her grandmother, and she was able to express herself in English extremely well.</span></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHJXm_1EcV6vqF_K2CDVZ76_dapg0SKHjEmV1VOfL0JY9J-8O8-qHiLRj3boIDah-F6c-WtyxaikQXyOimTEufJYyz3cjASGX5t782JNwUUoGVZMxTctHMBWzInDIzbHtrUswP05oDyg/s1600/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHJXm_1EcV6vqF_K2CDVZ76_dapg0SKHjEmV1VOfL0JY9J-8O8-qHiLRj3boIDah-F6c-WtyxaikQXyOimTEufJYyz3cjASGX5t782JNwUUoGVZMxTctHMBWzInDIzbHtrUswP05oDyg/s200/11.JPG" width="200" /></a></td><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPD5JnsULtjX12MUEzBAFdpSIr6BnfNBNKLB_dUbCAppAqzj2NOTRrYc9iBL6QTkClU7e8vKEIwEAKLZwXQLrJoISuH4WrkNfmNlbpMMQJ_czD0S1mt0RV19XaHIRNqMnJCpC5ZUOFLk/s1600/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPD5JnsULtjX12MUEzBAFdpSIr6BnfNBNKLB_dUbCAppAqzj2NOTRrYc9iBL6QTkClU7e8vKEIwEAKLZwXQLrJoISuH4WrkNfmNlbpMMQJ_czD0S1mt0RV19XaHIRNqMnJCpC5ZUOFLk/s200/10.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">About the future of Touchable Earth...</span></b></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tudor is promising to have the iPad app, Touchable Earth available to the public in the next couple of months and to have it functioning with a selection of countries he has visited recently. He hopes to develop the content for the remaining countries during 2012. The really exciting outcome is that Tudor aspires to becoming the biggest donor of tablet computers to schools in Africa - we look forward to that day. You can find more photos on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/home">SchoolNet photo gallery </a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">SchoolNet would like to thank the Johannesburg Central District, Ms Lizzie Shiburi, Mr Lefty Segenote, Mr Allan Manual and Mr Jabu Tsotsetsi for their assistance and support in setting up the visit to Lakeview Full Service. This is an amazing project and we look forward to see the final outcome. Please visit Tudor's Facebook page to keep up with the progress of the project - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/touchableearth">http://www.facebook.com/touchableearth</a></span></div>

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