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HEALTHINFO INITIATIVE FROM BANGLADESH: BDHealthInfo is a private
initiative in Bangladesh. Says CEO Shahid Uddin Akbar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: "We are also planning to launch a Eastern
Consortium with health education institutes / universities / medical
colleges for promotion of our Continued Medical Education (CME) program.
DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM... IN CYBERSPACE: Democracy and Freedom Must Be An
Integral Part of Cyberspace Asia Internet Rights Conference Statement
http://www.base21.org/base21hot/airc.html Further details from: PatchA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Korean Progressive Network
(Jinbonet) http://www.jinbo.net
INTERNET... AND DEMOCRACY ACROSS ASIA: The Internet and Democracy Across
Asia: Online Trends in Governance, Civil Society and Media.
http://www.e-democracy.org/do To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
INDIAN POETRY ON UNESCO SITE: Chan, Siew Leng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
informs that the Indian web site http://www.aaina-e-ghazal.com/ designed
by Dr Tarique Sani and team of Nagpur on a book of 'ghazals' is
available in the UNESCO World Poetry Directory web site. The URL
address is <http://www.unesco.org/poetry> and the links can be found
under the categories "websites" and "links", the country is "India".
"With this publication in the UNESCO web site, we wish to contribute to
the promotion of Dr. Sani's remarkable works and not forgetting the
two-lined poems "Sher". We are impressed by the features that are
available in your web site especially the translation / dictionary and
wish Dr. Sani continuous success...," Chan commented.
http://www.unesco.org/poetry
OLD RECORDS, NEW (DIGITAL) USES: Irfan Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes
the UNESCO WebWorld Newsletter on the district in Nepal which put old
records to "new digital uses". In Nepal, a remote district is are
joining the information revolution. Kanchanpur, in western Nepal is
using information technology to modernize its public administration and
has recently transferred to electronic format some of the records
previously preserved by being wrapped in pieces of cloth. Through a
joint government/UNDP programme, Kanchanpur is fast becoming a model of
an "information technology-friendly" district, says the report.
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/news/2001/011017_nepal_district.shtml
SPREADING WEB-DESIGN SKILLS IN SOUTH ASIA: One World South Asia is
looking for ways of building up partnerships with voluntary and
non-profit groups to spread web-design skills that would enable more of
the alternative sector to have their own web-presence. The idea is to
make them see that ICTs are something they can use easily in daily life
and the tools for tapping into their potential are available and simple
to use.Contact Nitya Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OR
http://www.oneworld.net/southasia/
FROM BRIDGES.ORG: ... we applaud the work of the Indian Institute of
Technology in Madras (IITM) to provide access to telephones and the
Internet for people in rural areas.... The IITM's efforts represent one
of the few attempts made to find innovative and cheap solutions to
connect people with ICT.... n-Logue http://www.tenet.res.in/nlogue.html
Indian Institute of Technology http://www.iitm.ac.in/first.shtml CorDECT
http://www.midascomm.com/products.htm
AGRI GATEWAY TO INDIA: Please check this agri gateway to India
http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/aim/diglib/india/
AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP: Vaus D. Aslaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has
announced the launch of VirtualNation, Inc. a not-for-profit
organization founded two years ago to unite Afghan expatriates. Aslaun
says: "(I)n light of the current situation in Afghanistan, it is taking
off at an extremely fast pace now due to the urgency and necessity of
the services offered by us to the public." The plan is to shortly revamp
the site to introduce a database for volunteers and organizations that
are interested in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan.
Three's a mailing-list that can be joined by sending an email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] VirtualNation hopes to serve as
a unifying force to Afghan expatriates worldwide and is committed to
promoting and preserving community, culture and compassion amongst the
Afghan community-at-large. http://www.virtualnation.org
FREE SOFTWARE MAILING LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a young mailing
list. This is yet another venture to promote free software in India.
General information about the mailing list is at:
http://cc4.tifr.res.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-india
DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE FIELDS: Sunil Khairnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
announces work to address issues of digital divide at Indian
Agribusiness Systems and Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals.
IAS is running on its own steam now and is probably the only effort
which generates Dailies(Hindi and Englis), Weeklies and Monthly for ther
farm sector. http://www.agriwatch.com
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bYtES For aLL is a voluntary, unfunded venture. CopyLeft, 2001. bYtES
For aLL e-zine volunteers team includes: Frederick Noronha in Goa,
Partha Sarkar in Dhaka, Zunaira Durrani in Karachi, Zubair Abbasi in
Islamabad, Archana Nagvenkar in Goa, Arun-Kumar Tripathi in Darmstatd,
Shivkumar in Mumbai, Sangeeta Pandey in Nepal, Daryl Martyis in Chicago,
Gihan Fernando in Sri Lanka, Rajkumar Buyya in Melbourne, Mahrukh
Mohiuddin in Dhaka and Deepa Rai in Kathmandu. To contact them mail
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Two years on, BytesForAll thanks all those who have volunteered their
time, energy and motivation in taking this experiment forward, since its
launch in July 1999. If you'd like to volunteer too, contact the above
address.
BytesForAll's website www.bytesforall.org is maintained by Partha
Sarkar, with inputs from other members of the volunteers' team and
supporters. To join or leave this mailing-list simply send a message to
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