Pengenalan
Teknologi maklumat telah banyak memberi kesan dalam kehidupan seharian kita. Kemahiran menggunakan aplikasi IT merupakan sesuatu yang penting dalam bidang kerjaya dan tidak dapat dielakkan dalam pengurusan perniagaan. Selain itu, teknologi maklumat juga mampu memberi kesan yang cukup besar dalam perkembangan sesebuah komuniti. Namun begitu, tidak semua golongan mempunyai akses kepada kemahiran dan penggunaan teknologi ini.

Dengan ini, Yayasan Salam Malaysia (SALAM) telah mengambil inisiatif untuk merapatkan jurang digital melalui program pembangunan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi dengan memperkenalkan Projek Salam E-Inisiatif.

Introduction
Information technology impacts on our daily live in many fundamental ways. Through ICT we can prepare letters, compute our finances, manage data, communicate with others and acquire information on almost any topic. ICT skills have become essential for almost any form of employability as well as to conduct business. ICT can also play a significant role in enhancing community capacity. Yet it cannot be denied that there is no equal access to its mastery and use.

Yayasan Salam Malaysia (SALAM Malaysia) is seeking also to bridge the digital divide through three important features: firstly, focus will be on low-income communities and other disadvantaged groups, secondly, there will be focus on greater community responsibility in owning and managing the project and finally volunteers will be placed at project sites to train participants and train local as trainers. It is envisaged that though these efforts, sustainable training centers “owned and managed” by the community itself, will be established.

Objektif
1. Merapatkan jurang digital di kalangan komuniti luar bandar dan berpendapatan rendah;
2. Menubuhkan pusat-pusat teknologi maklumat di kawasan yang telah dikenal pasti;
3. Yayasan Salam berperanan sebagai pusat pengumpulan komputer terpakai yang akan dibaik pulih;
4. Menyediakan khidmat pengajar bagi jangkamasa panjang yang akan membimbing komuniti.

Objectives
1. To bridge the digital divide in marginalized and underprivileged communities;
2. To establish sustainable IT training centers in these communities
3. To act a collecting center for usable computers and to refurbish these computers to de deployed to the community
4. To build a core of ICT volunteers to train and provide technical support to these centers.

Kumpulan Sasar
Melalui Salam E-inisiatif, Pusat ICT akan ditubuhkan di kawasan luar bandar dan pedalaman yang memfokuskan kepada penduduk berpendapatan rendah yang tidak atau mempunyai akses yang terhad kepada teknologi ICT. Kumpulan sasar akan memfokuskan kepada:

1- Kanak-kanak dan Pelajar Lepasan Sekolah
2- Remaja dan Belia
3- Surirumah
4- Ibu Tunggal
5- Individu yang berminat dalam perniagaan

Target-groups
Through the e-initiative, ICT centers will be established in low-income communities in both urban and rural areas. Communities selected will be those with no or limited access to such opportunities to learn. In these areas awareness and training will be especially focused on the children and youths. However, adults will also be encouraged to acquire computing skills. Special focus will be on:

1- School Children & School Leavers
2- Unemployed youths
3- Housewives
4- Single mothers
5- Individuals interested in doing business

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