Re: [Wikimedia-l] internet-in-a-boxs to the refugee camps?

contrary to the name, it doesn't actually have 'internet access' ..they can read, but not contribute.. On 9/8/15, Jane Darnell wrote: > Good idea. I watched a report on TV where they said some refugees have been > waiting for years for processing. It would be nice for them to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] internet-in-a-boxs to the refugee camps?

Well.. this is imaginable scale - I don't think if WMF have enough resources to provide free internet to such a huge group of people packed in a number of huge camps sometimes without basic facilities such as electricity... See the picture of just one camp:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] internet-in-a-boxs to the refugee camps?

Good idea. I watched a report on TV where they said some refugees have been waiting for years for processing. It would be nice for them to be able to use and maybe contribute to Wikipedia while they are waiting. Maybe we should set up edit-a-thons and wikiclasses about life in Europe and the

[Wikimedia-l] internet-in-a-boxs to the refugee camps?

Hello people, Just an idea. Number of Syrian refugees is over 4,000,000 people, mostly residing in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.[1] Refugee camps are set in all in these countries.[2] Internet-in-a-Box[3] is a a WiFI-device with "Wikipedia in 37 languages, a library of 40,000 e-books,