Learning
- Disease/health issue/preventative care tip of the week w/ intel-licious healthy gift basket prize
- Soccer posters/Soccer PSAs
- Hands-on, collaborative continuing education courses for healthworkers, with courtyard happy hour to follow!
- Hands-on, collaborative health workshops for the community, see courtyard happy hour above
- Kids corner with child care and health-related games
- Place to post certification and pictures of individuals who have completed certification classes
- Health start screen on all computers
- Pod casts / Live video conferencing with professionals at Makerere
- Dynamic centre leader and trained professionals who work in telecentre
- Health-related materials in the library
Comfort
- Comfortable chairs
- Air conditioning/fans in every room
- Welcome kit for first-time users
- Soccer field (courtyard)
- Provide pens and pencils
- Maybe separate “private printer” for printing personal health information
- Tables and desks with wheels to allow for easy re-configuration of rooms
- Overhead projector
- Personal storage space (bins, lockers, filing cabinets, cubbies, etc.)
- Movable computer stations
- Toy bin and blocks for kinds
Aesthetics
- Brightly lit/warm colors on walls
Marketing
- Signage bright and clear outside to increase visibility – so people know it exists and what happens there
- Free internet access for those under 17
- Posters of the locals with quotes about why they love the telecenter--posters are of users at computers, in health classes, and just in their everyday lives to send the message that the center and health education can be a part of their everyday lives