These photos were taken during the installation of computer and internet equipment at the Shree Bhumeshwor School in Astam, Nepal. Ten terminals, one computer server, a printer/scanner, an LCD project, broadband antenna and router for internet connection were installed over nine days. Installation was provided by Microsoft Nepal, the ISP provider and the Logged On Foundation with the help and support from the Astam Computer Centre Management Committee and Technical Team, and the students and teachers from the Shree Bhumeshwor School. The Logged On Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that uses computers and the internet to improve the state of education in less fortunate communities and to connect them to a world of ideas, services, entrepreneurial activities, and knowledge exchange. For more information, visit: www.loggedon.org

2. The new Centre building on the day of installation

3. Allen Tuladhar, Microsoft Innovation Centre Nepal Director, and his
team survey the room before installing the computers

4. First step: installing the server

7. Setting up the monitors and keyboards

8. Installing the computer terminals and power cables

10. Logging in for the first time

11. The Computer Centre testing team

12. Carrying in the batteries for the backup power supply

13. Digging a hole for the wireless tower

14. Technician installing the wireless antenna

18. Students helping to run the internet cable underground

19. Astam connected to broadband internet for the first time

20. View from the Computer Centre at dusk on the day the
internet was installed and the eve of the opening ceremony

21. These photos were taken during the installation of computer and
internet equipment at the Shree Bhumeshwor School in Astam, Nepal.
Ten terminals, one computer server, a printer/scanner, an LCD
project, broadband antenna and router for internet connection were
installed over nine days. Installation was provided by Microsoft
Nepal, the ISP provider and the Logged On Foundation with the help
and support from the Astam Computer Centre Management Committee
and Technical Team, and the students and teachers from the Shree
Bhumeshwor School.
The Logged On Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that uses computers and
the internet to improve the state of education in less fortunate communities and
to connect them to a world of ideas, services, entrepreneurial activities, and
knowledge exchange. For more information, visit: www.loggedon.org