[GKD] Radio and Development

2002-07-09 Thread Alec Leggat
Dear GKD Members, I'm pleased to see the inclusion of another Information and Communications Technology - radio - being discussed in this list. More encouraging for me is the way that contributors refer to tools and methodologies. The Panos Institute's Development Through Radio (more commonly ref

[GKD] Taking the Net to South Africa's Poor

2002-07-09 Thread Ashish Kotamkar
Taking the net to South Africa's poor (please copy and paste the ENTIRE link into a browser as it tends to wrap to next line and gives an incomplete link - as it has happened a couple of times earlier) Internet cafes in South

[GKD] An Innovative Strategy for Rural Access to ICTs

2002-07-09 Thread Meddie Mayanja
As we continue to seek new and innovative ways of taking ICTs to rural areas, World Links seems to have found the missing link. World Links started a nation-wide school-based telecenter program in Uganda that addresses issues of infrastructure for connectivity, management and sustainability of th

Re: [GKD] Radio and ICT

2002-07-09 Thread Vickram Crishna
At 3:53 PM + 08/07/2002, Lynette Obare wrote: > We need to be very cautious about how they get to be used in community > and ensure that it does not marginalise women or those with low income. > We also needs to consider women's gender daily calender and when to air > certain programmes so th