udaipur foreigners travelling to indian villages for leisure is a common affair but to see them toil under the burning sun is something unbelievable a team of 12 canadianamerican technocrats have been labouring hard for the past ten days at pachhmata village in relmagra tehsil of rajsamand district these people are software engineers at a us company with the charitable goal of providing technological resources in developing countries the us company in association with an ngo developing world connections dwc has taken up a project at rajsamand for construction of computer laboratories to impart technological skills to the rural youth a total of five such labs would be build in the district where 250 students would be given free of cost three months training on basic computer and internet usage skills at each centre the companys focus on sustainable business and has a socially engaged workforce the company offers its employees an opportunity to volunteer abroad and put their skills to use in the developing world their team has built computers labs set up servers and taught basic computer skills in sri lanka rwanda indonesia and kenya said dr kailash brijwasi director of jatan sansthan the host partner of dwc in rajasthan for the project the dwc has created a customized trip for 12 volunteers to the pachhmata village they are setting up the project with computers and are taking care of all travel arrangements and incountry logistics jatan sansthan is providing the raw material for construction work said omprakash programme coordinator in return the village learningcentre will receive an internetready computer lab expected to be ready to function in a month there are five female volunteers in the team which engages itself in the construction work throughout the day but in the evenings the members go out meeting people to spread awareness on social issues their team leader nick foster had started working with dwc after the tsunami in 2004 and in 2005 he travelled to sri lanka twice to help with building houses i am passionate about giving people the opportunity to experience the culture of other countries the perspective that this gives us all is a gift that changes us we become more giving and more alive through the experience nick said he has also travelled to kenya to work at an orphanage and uganda to work at a teen rescue centre and to set up a computer lab the team will leave india on february 24