Partner institutions worked together to dramatically increase computer literacy in Rwanda by training secondary school teachers through a train-the-trainer program. Using instructional CDs created by University of Maryland (UM) students, the partners provided direct, hands-on training in Windows and Microsoft Office at the National University of Rwanda (NUR) for 72 teacher-trainers from secondary schools throughout Rwanda over a two-year period -- one from each of three different schools per year in each of the country’s 12 provinces. The teacher-trainers, in turn, provided computer training for approximately 20 teachers at each of the 72 schools. Having a multiplier effect, this training of approximately 1,440 teachers ultimately impacted thousands of students. 

As the student-developed CD proved to be very popular and practical, the partners distributed copies of it not only to additional schools in Rwanda, but also to interested parties in South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, and Zambia.