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Subject: [Africasource2-l] [Fwd: Paid Volunteer Opportunities with Geekcorps in Spring 2006] Date: Tuesday 07 February 2006 09:27 From: Marek Tuszynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Africa Source II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Asiasource-l] Fw: [DDN] Paid Volunteer Opportunities with Geekcorps in Spring 2006 Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:52:37 -0500 From: jchittoor Organization: CSDMS To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some of you may be interested to volunteer for a few positions here! Jaya ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:12 PM Subject: [DDN] Paid Volunteer Opportunities with Geekcorps in Spring 2006 > Geekcorps Paid Volunteer Opportunities > > In bringing the World Wide Web to the whole wide world, Geekcorps > http://www.geekcorps.org a volunteer-based international nonprofit > development organization, is looking for IT experts to travel to Africa > for several challenging IT-based programs that are changing the role of > information and communication technologies in the developing world. > > --- Opportunities > > - Knowledge Management Experts > > If you have at least 3-5 years of professional experience implementing > Knowledge Management (KM) systems in large multi-site organizations with > disparate and disorganized intuitional organizational knowledge, you could > be a Geekcorps volunteer with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern > Africa (COMESA) - http://www.comesa.int in Lusaka, Zambia. > > COMESA promotes regional economic integration through trade and > investment, and needs to develop a KM system that will allow COMESA's > disparate offices and divisions to share and archive information in an > organized and accessible manner. > > - Object-Oriented Software Programmers > > If you have 3-5 years high-end PHP and object-oriented development, > manipulating ASP/COM objects, and MySQL database experience, especially in > 3-tier architecture, you could be a Geekcorps volunteer in one of two new > programs we'll be starting soon, one in Kenya and one in South Africa. > > In Kenya, we are developing an integrated and automated connection between > the Kenyan and Ugandan Revenue Authorities that will reduce > border-crossing times from days to hours. In South Africa we are > developing a cutting edge educational program for up-and-coming African > programmers, the African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources project > http://avoir.uwc.ac.za > > - C++ Programmers > > If you've been a C++ programmer for at least 3-5 years, especially with > Open Office or audio/video/presentation tools, you could be a Geekcorps > volunteer with the African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources project > http://avoir.uwc.ac.za in South Africa. > > With the University of Western Cape, we are developing a cutting edge > educational program for up-and-coming African programmers, and integrating > KEWL.NextGen into Open Office as both an instructional exercise and to > produce quality Africa-developed software. > > - Linux OS Developers > > If you can speak decent French and have at least 3-5 years of professional > experience with advanced KDE/Gnome Linux, shell scripting, and PHP/MySQL > you could be a Geekcorps volunteer in the Mali Connectivity Project > http://mali.geekcorps.org > > Geekcorps is developing Linux-based mobile computing platforms for rural > areas in Mali, teaching talented locals how to maintain and grow the > systems in the process with great ingenuity and minimal expense. > > --- Timing > > Volunteers willing to work with people and innovate with minimal technical > equipment in a developing country are needed immediately (Spring-Summer > 2006). Volunteers will stay in Africa about four months, working on > multiple projects and teaching small groups in a hands-on setting. More > volunteers will be needed in Fall and Winter 2006-07 to continue the > experience. > > --- Rewards > > Geekcorps can offer great benefits (in addition to that warm and fuzzy > feeling that comes from doing good). International airfare, expat-level > lodging, decent living stipend, and dedicated in-country staff are > provided. Daily challenges and rewards are guaranteed. > > Interested? Geekcorps http://www.geekcorps.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Wayan Vota > Director - Geekcorps Division > http://www.geekcorps.org > > International Executive Service Corps (IESC) > 901 15th Street NW, Suite 1010 > Washington DC, 20005 > 202.326.0280 - http://www.iesc.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ Asiasource-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tacticaltech.org/mailman/listinfo/asiasource-l Event info: http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource/ Wiki: http://wiki.asiasource.tacticaltech.org/ _______________________________________________ Africasource2-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.tacticaltech.org/mailman/listinfo/africasource2-l ------------------------------------------------------- -- ************************************************************************ Lule George William (Mr) Network and Systems Administrator Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi P.O. 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