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How to generate income at the Telecenter?
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Dear members of the community, I am opening this forum hoping to get your ideas on the issue of how to generate income at the telecenter. I don´t mean for the telecenter directly, but for the poeopl…
Tagged: work, rural, colombia, income
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claire Peque Fernandez Oct 1.
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hello Catalina.
For some of my friends, they applied and had online interviews. They were hired as "on call" call center agents who worked in the comforts of their homes. Some had regular schedules while others are on a per customer basis. I also k…
The true value of the Telecentre is the interaction of services into everyday life of any given society. Through the Internet, community members can be provided with a mechanism for social interaction, to conduct business and for educational opportu…
we have to implement all types services in the telecentre , but we are facing some problems , we need SOME TRAINING programs to empower the society , we have to creat a global online network between us
Dear Catlina
Short term basis you can do many things,
But from the photos I see a green land, and they have been some form of farmers
I think they should build on their strengths, work as a community affectected,
definitely they need assistance of e…
Hello,
Just to add on the already rich debate is the idea of working on simple publications bearing local and international briefs, innovations, relevant sites among many others and selling them at affordable prices. Eventually after taking shape t…
Catalina, my social enterprise Web Networks has developed a literacy application called "Yodigo" and we are interested in testing its usefulness with children and adults, for first and second language learning.
I will pay you CAN$350 to run a field…
Hi Catalina & members of the community,
IMHO, the strength lies in the people of the community itself. The gem is there, just need some people like U or any telecenters catalyst to polish them. U have started right to provide the infra, now the cont…
There are many innovative practices for income generation among telecentres . Materials – examples, how-to booklets, etc. for the local communities on farming, health, e.t.c – should be developed to assist Telecentres in diversifying their income ba…
Dear Catalina,
In India, the Service Centre Agencies are spearheading the Indian Government's Common Service Centres or CSC program. These are telecentres set up in Indian rural areas to deliver eGovernance and other public and private sector servic…
Dear Catalina,
Glad to see you and provide my suggestions. I do have 25 telecentres in remote and rural areas of Nepal. Nepal is the country of Mt. Everest and is located between China and India.
We can generate income by charging for the followin…
Catalina,
Do you have any funds available to begin a Leadership Project? Who are the leaders in your community who come to your Telecentre?
What services do the people in your community need more than any other services? How many computers do you…
Catalina and Everyone,
I have just worked with several NGOs who are my friends from the Telecentre, and we have come up with three excellent ways to generate income for sustainability. We are in the process of writing grants based on the ideas, and…
Well Catalina...these is a very Good topic that you brought up and am with you for these...i think member in the telecenter community irrespective the group are in, we should share common ideas that will be beneficial to members of these community t…
Hola Miguel!
Como vas??? me encantaría conocer tus ideas, tienes algun doc para compartir? o hablamos por Skype?
Catalina
Dear All,
Thank you very much for your invaluable comments. I think the issue we are facing in this village is greater because the income needs to come from outside the village. We can train people, we can teach them many things realted to ICT but…
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- Catalina has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universidad EAFIT in Medellín (Colombia) as well as an MBA from The George Washington University (with a full scholarship granted by the school). She has experience in the international and private sectors, in Colombia and abroad. She worked in Commerce One, an internet consulting company; and for six years worked with the World Bank managing web related projects that promote collaboration and knowledge sharing. Initially, at the Development Gateway and later on the World´s Bank Intranet. She has also been a consultant for the IADB (Inter-American Development Bank) on the topic of Telecenters. After living for 7 years in the U.S. and France, she returned to Colombia in 2006 to start-up and manage Makaia.
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- At 9:16am on September 26, 2009,
Mijan Chy said…
- Dear friend
Take my cordially love . I am Bangladeshi and a computer engineer After my graduation I have setup an organization in our rural area for computer teaching and all necessary information I am giving by internet . Our people is poor they can not bear expanse of this project basically this is a rural ICT project .Now I need some fund for this project otherwise this project will be closed . If you possible pls help me anyway .
Mijan
Bangladesh
- At 1:01am on August 31, 2009,
DR. SYED MD. ZAINUL ABEDIN said… - Hi Catalina,
May I request you to join the two groups of TELECENTRE:1.Gender and Telecentre and 2.Agritelecentre.I hope that your contributions will enhance the social network.
Regards,
Zainul
- At 11:13pm on August 26, 2009,
Seuwandi Yapa said… - Hi Catalina!
Welcome to the telecentre.org community!
Kindly check out the Getting Started guide for some important information on how to use this site.
Should you have questions or need any help around here, please contact me or any of the Community Facilitators.
I would like to invite you to the latest Photo Contest as well.
Best!
Seuwandi
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