Excellent points Steve. On Sep 8, 2015 3:23 PM, "Stevie Benton" <stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> I think in some situations Kiwix <http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Main_Page> 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, Red Cross and Oxfam? > > Teemu, thanks for raising this important issue. > > Steve > > On 8 September 2015 at 10:46, Leinonen Teemu <teemu.leino...@aalto.fi> > 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 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 priority list (probably > right > > after the sanitation, water, food, health services and electricity). > Still, > > I am afraid that there are many less well-organized refugee camps where > > there are no internet connection. In these locations thousands of people > > could find the offline content, such as the one provided by the > > internet-in-box very useful. > > > > This would be a nice way to realize our mission "to disseminate > > educational content effectively and globally". > > > > - Teemu > > > > PS. In general I am against offline-Wikipedia but exceptional situations > > need exceptional solutions. > > > > > On 8.9.2015, at 10.13, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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=facebook-post > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Tomasz Ganicz <polime...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> 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_Aerial_View_of_the_Za'atri_Refugee_Camp.jpg > > >> > > >> Syrian people live in camps in Lebanon and Turkey for third year > (since > > >> 2012)... There is even not enough basic schools and simple paper > > textbooks > > >> for children... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> 2015-09-07 21:45 GMT+02:00 Leinonen Teemu <teemu.leino...@aalto.fi>: > > >> > > >>> 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, 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.” > > >>> > > >>> Could we as a movement get the internet-in-a-box to the refugee > camps? > > >>> > > >>> - Teemu > > >>> > > >>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War > > >>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_refugee_camps > > >>> [3] http://internet-in-a-box.org > > >>> > > >>> -------------------------------------------------- > > >>> Teemu Leinonen > > >>> http://teemuleinonen.fi > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > >>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > >>> Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > >>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz > > >> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek > > >> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ > > >> http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Teemu Leinonen > > http://teemuleinonen.fi > > +358 50 351 6796 > > Media Lab > > http://mlab.uiah.fi > > Aalto University > > School of Arts, Design and Architecture > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > > Stevie Benton > Head of External Relations > Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 > @StevieBenton > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England > and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. 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