[CWN-Summit] Re: CWN-Summit Digest, Vol 20, Issue 6

[John Atkinson]

I can help out with the last mile connectivity in Ghana.  That is what
Wireless Ghana (http://www.wirelessghana.com) does.  Drop me an email
with more specifics, or by phone at: +233 24 495 5324

Regards,

John Atkinson
Wireless Ghana


On 4/14/06, cwn-summit-request at lists.cuwireless.net
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>    1. [Fwd: [DDN] Experience with rural connectivity in Ghana,
>       Mexico and Nicaragua?] (Dave A. Chakrabarti)
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> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:23:46 -0500
> From: "Dave A. Chakrabarti" <dave at ctcnetchicago.org>
> Subject: [CWN-Summit] [Fwd: [DDN] Experience with rural connectivity
> 	in Ghana, Mexico and Nicaragua?]
> To: MinWah.Voon at fao.org, cwn-summit at lists.cuwireless.net
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> I thought this might be of interest to this list, since I remember
> several participants who might be in a position to help out.
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>   Dave.
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> Dave A. Chakrabarti
> Projects Coordinator
> CTCNet Chicago
> dave at ctcnetchicago.org
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [DDN] Experience with rural connectivity in Ghana,	Mexico and
> Nicaragua?
> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:20:19 -0400
> From: Voon, MinWah (FAOLOWA) <MinWah.Voon at fao.org>
> Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
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> To: digitaldivide at milhouse.edc.org
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> Dear all,
>
> This is a general shout-out to any "last-mile" technicians out there with
> experience in establishing rural Internet connectivity in Ghana, Mexico
> and/or Nicaragua, who can help our hunger-fighting project, The Growing
> Connection.  We need figures/estimates of costs for setting up connectivity
> for our project sites, and any other advice you may wish to offer!
>
> The Growing Connection uses the Internet to link young people - from
> Chicago,
> to Nebraska, to villages in Ghana and barrios in Mexico - to each other, and
> to vital sources of information, as they establish highly sustainable,
> productive and low-input vegetable gardens.
>
> The food-growing elements of this project have taken off.  Internationally,
> we collaborate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.  We now
> have vegetable gardens at schools and in communities in the U.S., Mexico
> (Jalisco), Ghana (Cape Coast, Accra); U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John Island),
> Senegal (Meche) and Canada (Ontario).  We'll be establishing vegetable
> gardens in schools all across Nicaragua this year.
>
> The HUGE CHALLENGE that remains, with our minimal financial resources,
> is the
> rural connectivity piece.  So this is a call-out to any "last-mile" people
> out there who have worked in any of our countries, who may provide us with
> some figures of costs and/or any other advice relating to rural
> connectivity.
>
> We have Internet connectivity needs in:
>
> -	Ghana: 	Cape Coast
> -	Mexico:	Jalisco (mountain and coastal regions)
> -	Nicaragua:	Somoto, San Lucas, Las Sabanas, San José Cusmapa,
> Managua
>
> Thanks!  And all the best for the great work you are all doing out there!
>
> Best,
>
> Min Wah Voon
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