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On November 24, 2003, in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers, WiRED installed a computer training lab in the Ahmadiyya Muslim School in Sierra Leone. The facility, which is the first of its kind in this post-conflict, west African country, will introduce some 5,000 students to a technology that will be critical for the economic and social development of this impoverished region. In addition to using the new equipment in their coursework, these students in Freetown will connect with students in Detroit by way of an Internet hook-up already in place. The American Federation of Teachers is coordinating an electronic exchange program between schools on both continents.
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