DMECC Home Improvements Program, Our Home, is designed to improve the lives of families without access to adequate home furnishing across China, with a focus on local communities in Dalian. These furnishings include mattresses, bed frames, tables, desks, and much needed computers.
Following its previous computer distribution event sponsored by Accenture and Volkswagen, Our Home held this event on March 10, 2023. This event was in cooperation with Our Home's corporate partner, GROB-WERKE, a German industrial company that has two offices in Jinshitan, Dalian. The event was over a year in preparation, with the initial connection with GROB-WERKE being made in early January 2022.
At the event, Our Home Ambassador Ein Sel (Grade 11) and Our Home Volunteer Roger Zhang (Grade 11) along with members from the DAIS/DHS administration, DAIS/DHS Marketing Department, and Parent Support Group (PSG) were joined by four employees from GROB. We received 86 laptops to refurbish and donate to families without access to technology in the home.
These 86 laptops will be refurbished by Our Home volunteers under the guidance of DAIS/DHS teachers. We are looking forwards to getting the assistance of many volunteers to prepare these laptops. We will organize another big distribution event similar to our 2020 ACDC computer distribution event. These laptops will come with programs preloaded to better enable children in our local families to join our free online Mother's English program, where they can practice their English speaking and listening skills.
