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A new documentary called Silver Surfers shows the inspiring story of a group of teens helping ...
elderly people
The people were aged between ...
76 and 93.
..., the director of the documentary,
Rosemary Raynes
The two teenagers and a group of friends had a clear goal: they wanted to ... to feel more connected to other people
help elderly people
They started the project after ... how the internet had changed
witnessing
Their grandparents could use the internet at a ...
basic level
But wanted to become more ...
proficient
After the two girls had given them a few basic IT lessons, they were able to use the computer ...
confidently
The two students were so ... that they got several of their friends to join them.
motivated by that success
Many of the people there ... on a computer without help.
couldn't even switch
But the young people were amazed by ... after only a few lessons.
how much they had learned
It's fascinating to see how the silver surfers featured in the film all had ...
very different interests.
Some of them wanted to use Facebook to stay in touch with family members ... to countries as far away as Australia.
who had emigrated
Others were keen to get ideas for travelling, learning how to play ... or cooking.
an instrument
The outcomes of the project were amazing: 89-year-old Sheila, together with a friend, ... a YouTube cooking tutorial
managed to create
The documentary has been met with great enthusiasm in several countries, and a number of follow-up projects ...
have been launched.
