Message-ID: <09b_9512080312@permanet.org> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 06:38:08 -0500 From: shem <mailto:shem@ARCC.PERMANET.ORG> Subject: IT vs. Poverty To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
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Abubakhr,
That's an interesting project you are setting out to work on. Very often we come across the challenge that why talk about computers in places where there is no food, not even basic drugs (like aspirin) or shelter. Put another way, how would computers directly benefit grass-root communities in developing countries? Since it is usually very difficult to quantify the benefits, it tends to be equally difficult to persuade administrators and/or development support groups that computers are just as critical to such groups as weelbarrows.
What are others' experiences?
Shem Ochuodho, PhD Director, African Regional Centre for Computing (ARCC) Ngong Road, Opp. Ngong Hills Hotel P.O. Box 58638, NAIROBI, Kenya Tel: (254-2-) 723552/726914/727810 Fax: 728351 Email: mailto:shem@arcc.or.ke or shem@arcc.permanet.org