Category: ICT for Development
Nepal Renewable Energy Project to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
More than 142,000 households in Nepal will get long-awaited access to electricity thanks to the implementation of the Nepal Micro Hydro Project for which an emission reductions purchase agreement (ERPA) was signed on Friday, June 29. This is the second greenhouse gas emission reduction project in Nepal, executed by the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), […]
Rural Communication divides in Nepal
SLC is the most excepted examination for Nepalese to get release from School life. SLC means School Leaving Certificate examination. As a student, learning about results are the most anxious moments in life. When the result is of SLC examinations, the issue becomes more serious. How would anyone feel, if s/he have to wait for […]
Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world
In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. Mobile devices like cellphones have the potential to effectively bring financial markets to the countryside, allowing banks and other lenders in urban […]
Traditional water mill technology helps boost livelihoods
Sitting in a tiny water mill, popularly known as a ‘ghatta’ in Nepalese, 65-year-old farmer Ram Sharma waits for his customers to come with their wheat and maize to grind flour for a small fee. Sharma built his ‘ghatta’ two years ago after he lost all his farmland and property in flash floods that devastated […]
Digital Photo Studio in School telecentre in Bangladesh
Author: Nazrul Islam of Relief International, Bangladesh Let me share a story about how a school based telecenter in a Bangladeshi village has recently turned to a digital photo studio. Relief International -School Online set up an Internet enabled telecenter in Chowra Girls High School in Chowra Village in Comilla district in early 2005 as […]
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