[CWN-Summit] [Fwd: [DDN] Experience with rural connectivity in Ghana, Mexico and Nicaragua?]

[Dave A. Chakrabarti]

I thought this might be of interest to this list, since I remember 
several participants who might be in a position to help out.

  Dave.

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Dave A. Chakrabarti
Projects Coordinator
CTCNet Chicago
dave at ctcnetchicago.org
(708) 919 1026
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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 
<digitaldivide at milhouse.edc.org>
To: digitaldivide at milhouse.edc.org

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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