Hullo Shelagh... and welcome/thanks for your ringing challenge to the netted segment of the digital divide..... could you tell us more about your vision as to the ways in which these technologies might usefully serve Mauritanian children in the short/longer term, and what could be most helpful in making this a reality? Given the awesome difficulties (1999 adult literacy rate 14.6%; 1995-7 net primary enrollment ratio 61%) should blackboards, chalk, and textbooks be the priority, or do you see a possibility for leapfrogging across the divide? Since many western children see the world in so many ways differently from their teachers, and are venturing like explorers out into new virtual space, do we want to conscript Mauritanian children into an earlier existence, or give them the same chances?
Shelagh Scollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Assalaam alaykoum. > > I am a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania, at the southwestern edge of > the Sahara desert. The technology divide is large here. A tiny > minority (like me) have access and the know-how to use the internet. > But many kids here don't even have a single pen or notebook in order to > attend school. Don't even think about books (they are virtually not to > be found--even the teachers often don't have them). > > These kids, if they never see the inside of a classroom, will never > catch up and cross the information divide. > > If you would like to help in this effort, please contact me at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or at the address or telephone listed below) for > more information. > > PCV Shelagh Scollin > Corps de la Paix > B.P. 45 > Kiffa, Mauritania > +222-646-4602 ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, an NGO that is a GKP member*** 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.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
