Dear GKD Members, I've joined this list to make a difference for the young generations of Somaliland to have a share in the vision of digital divide and contribute towards the global village. Somaliland is a break away country from Somalia and is not yet on the world map due to lack of recognition. However, saying that it does not meant life will stop for the people of Somaliland. Somaliland flag and map http://atlasgeo.span.ch/flags/francais/html/st.htm Somaliland profile: http://www.atlasgeo.net/htmlg/Somaliland.htm Currently, working with local Somaliland communities in the UK, Somaliland NGOs in Somaliland and our internet organisation Somaliland Forum (which connects all the NGOs, experts and non experts around the world) we are on our first road of actually collecting research on how to go about helping Somaliland with this issue of digital divide. I've found the following website very useful so far: http://www.atcnet.org At least it gives you something to work on and help other organisations and individuals take part in their discussion forum. For the UK we have the IMFUNDO project which I am sure will help us with a lot of research and future collaboration. I am yet to find what help is available at grass root level. There are so many resources available and one can lose direction if members like you don't direct us in the right direction. Kindly forward us ideas on what the starting point can be for helping a poor country like Somaliland. Saying that Somalilanders are hard working people and would benefit from projects that will make real difference for building their future. Somaliland has progressed from nothing within the last 10 years and surely if helped will make a substantial improvement. We already have built schools, hospitals, universities as slow as it may be progress is going in the right direction. I would also like resources/URLs for how ICT can help towards democracy, good governance and human rights for women. There are a lot of Somaliland women NGOs who have requested help from us in these issues. Thank you. Mrs. Lulu Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.somalilandforum.com ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
