cybercafe 2002 – 2011

Cybercafe2002 – 2011

Bre@king the isolation – project.

Content:

Equipment 4 Opening hours8 The Volunteers9 How can You bre@k the isolation? 14 Statistics20 The Cafeteria24 Pictures 25 If you want to know more… 31

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The Cybercafe is the place where the persons with MS (PwMS) of the National MS Center can meet and work on the computer.

In the Cybercafe there are 7 computers:

- five Dell - Intel Core 2 Duo 3,00 GHz, 3,25 GB with Microsoft Windows XP

Profesional system with five Dell monitors (19”)

- two HP - Intel Pentium 4 2,60GHz, 512 MB

with Microsoft Windows XP Profesional system with one Philips monitor

(19”) and one HP monitor (17”)

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Special software and joystick…

Also for persons with a severe disability the accessibility to the computer is guaranteed by the use of special aids and software – for example a joystick which one can use by the chin and appropriate software.

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Since 2010 there is also a Nintendo Wii…


Opening hours…

Monday till Friday: 9:30 – 12:0013:00 – 17:00

Monday till Wednesday: 18:00 – 20:00

In the breaks from 12:00 to 13:00 and from Monday till Wednesday from 17:00 to 18:00 it is also possible to use the computer – but without help from the staff.

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The Volunteers of the Cybercafe Zilvinas GAVENAS, Lithuania and MOS, Romania (2002-03) Judith GAGER, Litvania and Zilvinas GAVENAS, Austria

(2003-04) Ewa SKRZYCKA and Piotrek GOLEBIOWSKI, Poland

(2004-05) Gözde KIRAL and Özgür UCAR, Turkey (2005-06) Soner ORHAN, Turkey (2006-07) Ersan KAP, Turkey and Eleni ATHANASIADOU, Greece

(2007-08) Janine PAASCH, Germany (2008-09) Marie DIETZE, Germany (2009-10) Hanna KÄHLER, Germany and Sercan BALLIKAYA, Turkey

(2010-11) Katharina SCHOPF, Germany and Nurettin GÜLEN, Turkey

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How to become a volunteer European Voluntary Service – programme

which sends new volunteers to Melsbroek Young people (till 30) from all over Europe can be volunteers

and can help people, animals, the nature… If you are interested in being a volunteer, if you think “it is

something for me”, you can visit the website: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/european-voluntary-service_en.htmYou can find there a lot of projects, choose one (or several if you like more) and find a sending organization. Your application will be send to a host organisation and if you are accepted …you become a volunteer

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Quotation of former volunteers:

“We got gladly surprised that everything works out so well. […] Melsbroek is a peaceful small village. The people are good and friendly towards us and we already feel a little bit at home. That is very important for us because we miss our families, friends and dogs.The work in the MS center gives us a great chance to help patients, address new challenges and also to get to know interesting and nice people. The discovering of your beautiful country is an additional pleasure.”

Ewa and Piotrek from Poland, volunteers in 2004/05


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Dr Ketelaer is the coordinator and contact person With the financial assistance of IMSO (International Multiple Sclerosis Organisation)Dr Ketelaer is the person responsible for this project. He supports and encourages the volunteers to create new ideas. Moreover, he helps to arrange new comfortable equipment for patients (big screens, optical mouse etc…).

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Some pictures…

The Cybercafe is cool

How does it work?How can You bre@k the

isolation?


For Persons with MS the cybercafe is very important because: They can communicate with others: patients, family,

friends and people from all over the world. They can read a lot of information about Multiple

Sclerosis. On the internet they have a lot of hot news. They can practice with their minds, hands, fingers,… They can do shopping, make payments, find sponsors,… They can play games and be happy. They can create their own I.M.S.O. magazine and write

articles.

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I.M.S.O. magazine I.M.S.O. has a magazine for and made by persons with MS. The PwMS and the hospital staff write articles and make the

layout. The volunteers can also contribute by writing articles.

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Everybody has different needs In the cybercafe there are PwMS who are very familiar with

the use of the internet, others are beginners. So the level of computer knowledge is very different.

The volunteers try to give helpful assistance for everybody:• If somebody knows what to do, they switch on the computer

and do not disturb them. They wait for questions.• If somebody is a beginner they try to teach him about the

computer, the internet and the software step by step.• They try to open more services for PwMS with special topics

– like newspapers online, shopping, pen pals, chatting etc… and they try to show the PwMS how it works.

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A guide to learn

There is a guide in Dutch and French in the cybercafe with which the volunteers can teach the PwMS how to use the computer and show them several opportunities.

Either the volunteers propose it to new customers or the PwMS simply ask by themselves for it.


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The cybercafe’s final aim is to help PwMS to become more independent through the medium internet

The volunteers try to introduce the PwMS to the world of IT. They explain them in a simple way the basics of the use of the internet, an e-mail-account and the Microsoft software.

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How many persons use the computers?

Is the cybercafe popular in the Centre?

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The cybercafe is well visited It has about 384 visitors a month. During 52 weeks there were 132 different PwMS in

the cybercafe who visited all in all 4608 times. 17 is the average number of visits for one PwMS. Usually PwMS visit the cybercafe a few times per

day – they need breaks for their therapy, meals etc. About 70% of the PwMS are regular users, the others

only come from time to time. ‘The record-holder’ visited the cybercafe 100 times

(almost every working day) – over 500 hours. There is an increase of internet interests.

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The most popular things in the Cybercafe are… Games, of course - puzzles, majong, solitair… Sending e-mails and creating new accounts. Chatting and communicating with others (also with

visual support): patients, family, friends… (different messengers, for example skype).

Google – searching for information. E-banking – making payments via the internet. Microsoft Office – Word and Excel.

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The Cafeteria

The volunteers of the Cybercafe also open the Cafeteria from Monday till Wednesday from 6 to 8 pm.


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And in the end …several picturesClick “Escape” if you want to finish this presentation…

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making a new account

playing bowling with Nintendo Wii

The Nintendo Wii

making puzzle

playing solitair

to be happy while completing a puzzle

using a special joystick

If you want to know more…

http://www.imso.be/Cybercafe/

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http://www.imso.be/Cybercafe/

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The Cybercafe and the project – bre@king the isolation –

were successful, are successful and we hope will be successful.


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cybercafe 2002 – 2011

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