2005 fellow Dipak Basu’s NPO Anudip has seen its first graduating class of 20 from a LINKAGE training class at the Asha Welfare Society in Namkhana. The course is designed to teach information technology to those in rural India so they can get employment and gradually uplift the community. Read the rest of this entry »
The GIS model developed by Farai as a fellow is now being used by Population Services International in Zimbabwe. This model is now being used effectively to monitor and plan targeted HIV/ AIDS interventions in Zimbabwe. Amazing program outputs are being achieved through application of this model. Interventions are now being directed to the people who need them most. His abstract on this model was accepted for an oral presentation, at the International Conference to be held in Toronto, Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
India’s farmers switch faith to mobile phones
FOR centuries, Indian farmers have relied on ancient rituals, the study of wind direction and local gossip to ascertain the annual onset of the unpredictable monsoon rains. Deciding when to sow their crops and when to take their produce to market is based on experience and instinct. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters ‘06 Fellow, Erik Sundelöf was interviewed on Thursday, July 27 on CNN’s American Morning regarding the cell phone news blogs and specifically “Lebanon-Israel Conflict Via Cell Phones,” the blog documenting the Lebanon-Israel conflict. Read the rest of this entry »