[GKD] Computer Donor Organisations

2002-12-31 Thread Don
Following a few posts where I have made reference to ComputerBank Australia quite a number of people have posted requests for donated computers directly to me. These are undoubtedly projects worthy of support, however please be advised that I am not in a position to influence ComputerBank

Re: [GKD] RFI: Email for Rural Africa

2002-12-31 Thread alevin
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] Online Publishing for Developing Countries

2002-12-31 Thread Frederick Noronha
Thanks to Daryl D'Monte, former editor, for sending this to the India-EJ mailing list for environmental journalists. Of course, one is not particularly enamoured by the term 'developing countries' (it suggests that these countries are actually catching up... the gap is widening and things get

Re: [GKD] World Computer Exchange Article

2002-12-31 Thread Olivier Tazo
What Don Cameron states is very important as far as computer exchange is concerned. I think that no matter the legislation concerning the importation of such computers, it is important to continue and encourage it because most of the community centers in Africa always use computers donated, given