Hi everyone, I apologize for the cross-posting. I read this really interesting piece about some women in rural Bangladesh on the DevChix list : http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/info-ladies-make-life-easier-in-bangladesh/. They bring information and "answers" to questions ranging from health care to pesticides to family planning, to villages in Bangladesh on netbooks, and travel to villages systematically on their bicycles. To the impoverished (in more ways than one - think "information") villagers, they're superheroes and lifesavers.
I wish we had more such programs like these in India. I think I know what I can do when am back there. Using FOSS for such a program in India would be fantastic. Just thought it was worth sharing! Cheers, KD. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Victoria Wang <violas...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 28, 2010 at 6:53 PM Subject: [devchix] The InfoLadies of Bangladesh To: Devchix <devc...@googlegroups.com> Uplifting story of the day: In rural Bangladesh, where most are plagued by poverty and natural disasters, information is a life-saver. These women who bike to rural villages, bringing information in a netbook, are pretty much superheroes. http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/info-ladies-make-life-easier-in-bangladesh/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "devchix" group. To post to this group, send email to devc...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to devchix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<devchix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/devchix?hl=en. -- Webpage - http://kadambari.devarajan.googlepages.com Weblog - http://kadambarid.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
