Re: [GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

May I counter Alan, and suggest that development need not follow one model, or proceed via sequential steps, but can progress in parallel directions ... food and water AND e-connections together, even symbiotically as is happening in other rural areas of the world (e.g. S. Orissa, Tamil Nadu) so as

Re: [GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

At 08:47 30/12/2002, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The argument is simple, one should not be trying to deliver ICTs or > Internet to areas that do not have sufficient food and water. The basics > are primary requirements for development. Of course basic needs have to be met, but those provid

Re: [GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >.. if your > personal energy gets spent on a more impactful project it may assist in > getting telecoms and energy to this area sooner. I am open to any practical suggestions for the best ways to direct my energies to achieve the Community Development objectiv

Re: [GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

Please see or for short. The Informatics Development Institute (IDI) is a not-for-profit company, established in Ireland, with the mission of furthering the global development of both information and communications technologies, and researching t

Re: [GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

Pamela McLean wrote: > I am exploring email options on behalf of a grass roots rural > development project: OOCD 2000+ (Oke-Ogun Community Development Agenda > 2000 Plus). Through historic reasons of friendship I use my home > broadband Internet connection in the UK on behalf of the project. Any

[GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

Email for rural Africa Introduction: I am exploring email options on behalf of a grass roots rural development project: OOCD 2000+ (Oke-Ogun Community Development Agenda 2000 Plus). Through historic reasons of friendship I use my home broadband Internet connection in the UK on behalf of the proje