Dear all, This is a general shout-out to any "last-mile" technicians out there with experience in establishing rural Internet connectivity in Ghana, Mexico and/or Nicaragua, who can help our hunger-fighting project, The Growing Connection. We need figures/estimates of costs for setting up connectivity for our project sites, and any other advice you may wish to offer!
The Growing Connection uses the Internet to link young people - from Chicago, to Nebraska, to villages in Ghana and barrios in Mexico - to each other, and to vital sources of information, as they establish highly sustainable, productive and low-input vegetable gardens. The food-growing elements of this project have taken off. Internationally, we collaborate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. We now have vegetable gardens at schools and in communities in the U.S., Mexico (Jalisco), Ghana (Cape Coast, Accra); U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John Island), Senegal (Meche) and Canada (Ontario). We'll be establishing vegetable gardens in schools all across Nicaragua this year. The HUGE CHALLENGE that remains, with our minimal financial resources, is the rural connectivity piece. So this is a call-out to any "last-mile" people out there who have worked in any of our countries, who may provide us with some figures of costs and/or any other advice relating to rural connectivity. We have Internet connectivity needs in: - Ghana: Cape Coast - Mexico: Jalisco (mountain and coastal regions) - Nicaragua: Somoto, San Lucas, Las Sabanas, San José Cusmapa, Managua Thanks! And all the best for the great work you are all doing out there! Best, Min Wah Voon _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
