Further to the postings regarding low cost computers, USD 100 laptops and simputers, in order to provide ICT interventions to the roof of the world in the country of Mt. Everest, as the chairperson of Forum for IT Nepal (FIT Nepal) we have been assisting in creating rural tele-centers owned and managed by the community. The 10th 5 year plan of Nepal envisions setting up rural telecenters in 1,500 villages.
The other challenge is not only to create this infrastructure, but also to be able to provide adequate training to the community to be able to get the proper benefits of these telecenters. In this context, we are now developing a project whereby engineering students of the capital Kathmandu will travel to the villages to share their knowledge and bring the awareness higher. We are now trying to set up a 'mobile' lab of 30 laptops that can be easily carried to the remote villages (presently limited to where there is electricity only) and teach computers for 18 days and then moving on to the other village for a total of 4 months at a stretch. For this project, we are looking for funding in the tune of USD10K to procure this mobile training infrastructure and would like to start a dialog with any of the institutions or foundations would like to assist us in this project. Regards, Allen Tuladhar, Chiarperson, Forum for Information Technology Nepal (http://www.fitnepal.org.np) Member Secretary, Nepali Language in Information Technology, Steering Committee; High Level Commission for Information Technology (http://www.hlcit.gov.np) CEO, Unlimited Numedia Pvt Ltd (http://www.unlimit.com) _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
