SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Immigrants in South Dakota's largest
city will be getting help with computer training to aid in their
adaptation to their new country.
The nonprofit Sioux Falls Diversity Council is opening a
resource center in a local mall early next year. Council President
Andre Oliver says it will have 12 computers with Internet access.
Faculty from Colorado Technical University and Augustana College
will help with the training.
Oliver says immigrants face several hurdles, including learning
a new language. He says the inability to function at a computer
keyboard is another.
Oliver says the center also will be available to low-income
residents and anyone who has missed "the technology bandwagon."
Clients will pay a $30 fee that they will get back when they finish
the training.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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