I just wanted to update the group and tell everyone that I got to meet
Peter Abrahamsen while I have been here in Nicaragua - his profile is
here: http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/peidran

So, I guess we could say that we had a really informal meeting for the
Digital Divide in Nicaragua - completely unplanned. Unfortunately, I
didn't get to see what he's doing first hand because I'm leaving for
Costa Rica tomorrow, and Panama the day after. Busy, busy. But what's
really cool about Peter's work is that... he's financing it *himself*.
It is so very nice to meet someone who is simply doing something nice.

Perhaps there are some funding leads for him somewhere? I'll shake
whatever trees I find, but maybe someone else knows something.

I do really enjoy Nicaragua... it's one of the places that I shall
return to. I've been fortunate in meeting some really great people. The
murals are amazing here... and while I haven't seen a lot of Latin
America yet, the artistry of Nicaraguans amazes me. There's quite a few
people using Linux here, of course - in fact one NGO that I met (and
shall write about another time) is using Linux to keep some old hardware
alive.

I think we have 2 new people who are joining DDN as well... I do have to
tell them how to join, so I have to dig that up now as well. :-)

-- 
Taran Rampersad
Presently in: Managua, Nicaragua
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