[Grassroots-l] Uganda

[Edward Cherlin]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Jon Chamberlain
<jonachamberlain at gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I am moving my family to Uganda, and one of my goals for the trip is to use
> my skills and knowledge for community-development initiatives. I have
> already made a few good contacts in Uganda through the nabuur.com community
> project site, but many of them seem to focus on 'recycling' old computers
> for community-based projects across the country.
>
> However, as someone with a good technical background, a pro-'open source'
> attitude and a career in IT project management, I wondered if there an
> opportunity to become an advocate for the OLPC programme in Uganda?

Absolutely. Welcome.

> Is anyone working on OLPC in Uganda? If not, how would I get something off
> the ground?

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Uganda

Talk to my friend Kayiwa Fred.

> Cheers
> Jon

Edward Cherlin
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