Comments on: $100 PC – here and now http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3139 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:43:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3139/comment-page-1#comment-26330 Reader's Write Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:33:28 +0000 #comment-26330 I am called Joseph sekiku. I work with a local development charity called FADECO in the far north western part of tanzania. This is a very remote area far from the capital city (about 2000 km away). it is here in the middle of nowehere that FADECO is trying to introduce the use of ICTs for rural development, trying to bridge the digital divide. FADECO is trying to implement a rural ict based project including: ICT training in basic computer literacy, establishment of computer labs (2-3 PCs) in the secodnray schools, sharing of offline resources via CDs (CDROM Project), and internet connectivity. One of the biggest challenges is power supply. The remote rural does not have grid. The Pentium 1 computers that we have require 240 Volts. This is a biggest challenge. Also the costs of computers is another constraint. There are no computer shops here and so we depend on purchase of second hand stuff from dar es salaam. You can imagine problems associeted with these. I find your article very interesting. I would request the you partner with FADECO to try out and roll out these cheap low power consumption computers in deep rural tanznia. More information about us can be found at www.fadeco.org. Alternatively, i will be very happy to hear from you personally at sekiku@satconet.net I am called Joseph sekiku. I work with a local development charity called FADECO in the far north western part of tanzania. This is a very remote area far from the capital city (about 2000 km away). it is here in the middle of nowehere that FADECO is trying to introduce the use of ICTs for rural development, trying to bridge the digital divide.

FADECO is trying to implement a rural ict based project including: ICT training in basic computer literacy, establishment of computer labs (2-3 PCs) in the secodnray schools, sharing of offline resources via CDs (CDROM Project), and internet connectivity.

One of the biggest challenges is power supply. The remote rural does not have grid. The Pentium 1 computers that we have require 240 Volts. This is a biggest challenge. Also the costs of computers is another constraint. There are no computer shops here and so we depend on purchase of second hand stuff from dar es salaam. You can imagine problems associeted with these.

I find your article very interesting. I would request the you partner with FADECO to try out and roll out these cheap low power consumption computers in deep rural tanznia.

More information about us can be found at http://www.fadeco.org. Alternatively, i will be very happy to hear from you personally at sekiku@satconet.net

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3139/comment-page-1#comment-11802 Reader's Write Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:25:03 +0000 #comment-11802 Hello Sir, We are Crown Venture Company in Gambia, we are intrested in your [solar PC Linux computer],we want to order,do you shipp to Gambia,kindly let us know.thank's in anticipation as we look forward to your reply. Best regard General manager Crown Venture John Welem Banjul The Gambia Tel;;00220-9947224 Fax;;+220-4397212 John_welem@yahoo.com Hello Sir,
We are Crown Venture Company in Gambia, we are intrested in your [solar PC Linux computer],we want to order,do you shipp to Gambia,kindly let us know.thank’s in anticipation as we look forward to your reply.

Best regard
General manager
Crown Venture
John Welem
Banjul The Gambia
Tel;;00220-9947224
Fax;;+220-4397212

John_welem@yahoo.com

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