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

Relevant to the conversation about how migrants can, and have, used technology to communicate and organize: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/world/facebook-groups-push-for-safe-land-passage-for-migrants-founders.html Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, g

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

Hi all https://openideo.com/challenge/refugee-education/brief may be of interest looking for innovation around: 'How might we improve education and expand learning opportunities for refugees around the world? ' The call for that has now closed, but it may be useful to look at how people intend to

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

Hiya Lodewijk :) I apologize if this is going off-topic. On Sat, Sep 12, 2015, Lodewijk wrote: > Interesting. Over here, the 'experts' are adjusting the image exactly the > other way around: that smartphones are much more common there than we would > expect, and that we underestimate the invent

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

> > > > > > > Internet-in-a-Box[3] is a a WiFI-device with "Wikipedia in 37 languages, > a > > library of 40,000 e-books, most of the world's open source software and > > source code, hundreds of hours of instructional videos, and world-wide > > mapping down to street level.” > > > > This device s

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

I think that access to open-access, easily accessible and editable maps might be quite helpful to refugees. Info about different countries' policies and practices toward migrants might also be helpful. Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: h

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

Heh, It's times like these I realize I'm still in a minority here. As one of the few non-american/european readers of the list, my perspective, differs on this issue. I don't know what people imagine when they think of the conditions in these refugee camps. Allow me to paint a picture using common

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

On 08.09.2015 21:47, Tito Dutta wrote: >> If so, perhaps it is worth co-ordinating with some disaster >> relief NGOs such as MSF, Red Cross and Oxfam? This is the point. Concerning offline, the technology works. The problem is definitively the lack of advertisement/awareness/coordination with NGOs

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

On 08.09.2015 20:37, Leinonen Teemu wrote: > On 8.9.2015, at 20.04, Keegan Peterzell wrote: >> However, before we get all excited with plans, it might be important for >> someone who is interested to contact the project lead and see if >> internet-in-a-box is even still active. The website hasn't

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

Offline access is a nice idea, but the logistics of delivery seem daunting. Thankfully, a large number of refugees and migrants have smartphones.[1] Probably the biggest ways we could help refugees are really to: A) make Wikipedia super performant on mobile, particularly for low-end Android devic

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

This reminds me of several conversations I had with Barbara Schack of Libraries Without Borders [1] at the Lyon hackathon (I've copied her on this email). They've developed the Ideas Box [2], a portable media center intended for locations like refugee camps. It's similar to the Internet-in-a-Box,

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

Really sorry for the typo, read it "Stevie" (Messages sent using Android) On Sep 8, 2015 3:23 PM, "Stevie Benton" wrote: > I think in some situations Kiwix can > be a really good option. This might be one of them. > > Alternatively, is Wikipedia Zero active

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

Excellent points Steve. On Sep 8, 2015 3:23 PM, "Stevie Benton" wrote: > I think in some situations Kiwix can > be a really good option. This might be one of them. > > Alternatively, is Wikipedia Zero active in countries such as Yemen, Syria > and Libya? If s

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

On 8.9.2015, at 20.04, Keegan Peterzell wrote: > However, before we get all excited with plans, it might be important for > someone who is interested to contact the project lead and see if > internet-in-a-box is even still active. The website hasn't been regularly > updated since April of 2013. If

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

Just a reminder that Siko and company are in the middle of a major refresh of Community Resources. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants Pine On Sep 8, 2015 3:27 AM, "Jane Darnell" wrote: > I think it is a a *very* good idea, but I think anything involving ha

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

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Pine W wrote: > Just a thought: would the European chapters, or a single European chapter, > be willing to fundraise for this project? > > Also, in Seattle we have at least one charity that provides or donates > basic computer hardware. I imagine that other cities

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

Just a thought: would the European chapters, or a single European chapter, be willing to fundraise for this project? Also, in Seattle we have at least one charity that provides or donates basic computer hardware. I imagine that other cities have similar charities. Perhaps a European chapter could

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

I think it is a a *very* good idea, but I think anything involving hardware can't be sponsored by WMF On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Leinonen Teemu wrote: > Hi all, > > Right, Jane. The ”box" is not connected to the internet but is a mass > storage with WiFi. People can access the content save

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

On 08.09.2015 11:52, Stevie Benton wrote: I think in some situations Kiwix can be a really good option. This might be one of them. Yes, this has already been done a few times in the past with Kiwix-plug, a small device you just need to plug and you get a w

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

I think in some situations Kiwix can be a really good option. This might be one of them. Alternatively, is Wikipedia Zero active in countries such as Yemen, Syria and Libya? If so, perhaps it is worth co-ordinating with some disaster relief NGOs such as MSF, R

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

Hi all, Right, Jane. The ”box" is not connected to the internet but is a mass storage with WiFi. People can access the content saved to the device with their mobile phones. There are initiatives to provide Internet connections to the refugee camps, as it is nowadays relatively high in a prio

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

all they need is wifi to connect to the box I think, so it would be just one box not connected to the internet with a wifi access. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/surprised-that-syrian-refugees-have-smartphones-well-sorry-to-break-this-to-you-but-youre-an-idiot-10489719.html?cmpid=faceb

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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:An_Ae

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 be able to > use and

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 politi

[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, mo