Category: ICT for Development
$100 magic wand seeks to change Nepal kids’ lives
A magic more enchanting than any of the Harry Potter tales will sweep through Nepal soon, thanks to a pair of students who are working to take $100 laptops to children in the country’s remotest and most underdeveloped villages, where there is no electricity or even books. The “magic pencil” that will write such plots […]
Village Phone Lady passing happy life
Mukhara, Bangladesh: I have an intention to visit villages to find out the rural development. As part of this, few weeks ago I have visited a rural hinterland village named Mukhara to see the present state of Helena. Helena? You may ask me question that, who is she? Well, Helena is a Village Phone Lady […]
Computer centre and library in rural Medavakkam school, Tambaram
Tambaram, India: A full-fledged computer centre and a well-equipped library are the latest additions at the Government High School in Medavakkam near Tambaram. The computer centre with 10 monitors and the library were dedicated on Thursday by representatives of Cooperative Financial Services (CFS) and Information Technology company Xansa, both based in United Kingdom.Jim Slack, Director, […]
Postal offices will be developed as Rural Information Centers
KATHMANDU, June 20: Nepal Government spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communications Krishna Bahadur Mahara has lauded the role of the postal service in the field of communication and said that the government was planning to develop the post offices in the rural areas as information centers at the grass roots level. Inaugurating a two-day […]
Telemedicine at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, Sri lanka
Sri Lanka, June 19, 2007: The Information and Communication Technology Agency’s Nenasala Project entered new ground when it opened its first Hospital Nenasala at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital on the 11th of June 2007 under the patronage of the Hon. Minister of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Kurunegala District MP. Mr. Jayarathna Herath. This […]
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