On 12/14/05, Jayjay Ferro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all, > > My name's Jayjay Ferro, i'm a long-time lurker sa > PLUG. I work for the GILAS project under the Ayala > foundation. > > "GILAS is the acronym for Gearing up Internet Literacy > and Access for Students, a multi-sectoral initiative > that aims to provide Internet access for students and > basic Internet literacy programs in all the 5,443 > public secondary schools in the Philippines in the > next 5 years. The mission is led by a consortium of > private corporations and civic organizations, in > coordination with the Department of Education." >
I am personally interested in the project and maybe in case you also would like to get some volunteers who are librarians and teachers, we could call up a few ;) (or more actually) Thanks for letting us know about GILAS! =) -- Clair Ching http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany http://pinoytechblog.com - the Philippines' premier technology blog http://freelance-pro.info - all about freelancing We know that free access to information preserves democratic ideas, that information resources must be managed with care, and that the human spirit depends upon remembering the past, sharing the present in community, and dreaming about the future. -Martha Smith (Information ethics: freedom, democracy, responsibility.) _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
