IT dreams for Ugandan children
By DW
22 October 2021 |
10:07 am
Ugandan schoolchildren have been unable to attend school due to the government's COVID-19 safety restrictions. But luckily for some, a neighborhood mother passionate about IT and coding gives lessons off a porch.
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