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Hi Murali
Welcome to the ICT4D group. I agree with you, ICT tools becoming affordable and applicable and those can be used even to fulfill the basic needs. Please share you wealth of experience with other members of the ICT4D community.
Regar...
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Hi Murali
Welcome to the ICT4D group. I agree with you, ICT tools becoming affordable and applicable and those can be used even to fulfill the basic needs. Please share you wealth of experience with other members of the ICT4D community.
Regar...
Information and Communication Technology for for Development
Dear Sameera.
ICT4D is the best theme for reach the rural community to change there life style with ICT. Im Mainly working with rural community im sure I will share my experience. More …
Thanks& regards
Murali Krishna
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- Currently following my Masters Degree on Development Studies at University of Colombo Sri Lanka. I completed my first Degree on Information Technology (IT) at University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka and decided to do my Masters Degree on Development Studies due to my passion on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D).
Currently working at Dialog Telekom in Sri Lankan and driving key ICT4D initiatives.
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Sameera Wijerathna's Blog
The Role of a Telecentre in Poverty Alleviation
[Telecentres and socio-economic development]
Poverty indeed has many faces. Many of these faces remain unrecognized or out of focus as they are linked to other aspects of deprivation, such as isolation. The Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) initiatives such as Telecentres can start attacking this vicious cycle from Isolation. The physical and social isolation may, in turn, negatively impact on economic, health and educational status and make it increasingly… Continue
Poverty indeed has many faces. Many of these faces remain unrecognized or out of focus as they are linked to other aspects of deprivation, such as isolation. The Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) initiatives such as Telecentres can start attacking this vicious cycle from Isolation. The physical and social isolation may, in turn, negatively impact on economic, health and educational status and make it increasingly… Continue
Posted on May 22, 2009 at 10:00am —
Can Telecenters become Disaster Early Warning Centers?
Yes, it can be. Telecentre is a place rich with ICT
No, it is too much to expect from a Telecentre.
Most of the telecentres are located in rural areas; most of those areas are prone to disasters, natural or man-maid. Telecentres located in those areas but still with… Continue
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 9:55am — 9 Comments
Sustainability of Telecentres
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Note: My intention is not to promote any product, brand or company, but to promote sustainability of Telecentres.
"- A Telecentre with a name board of a Private Telecommunication Company in Sri Lanka. This particular Telecentre had got a Wi… Continue
Note: My intention is not to promote any product, brand or company, but to promote sustainability of Telecentres.
"- A Telecentre with a name board of a Private Telecommunication Company in Sri Lanka. This particular Telecentre had got a Wi… Continue
Posted on January 12, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment
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- At 1:58am on October 15, 2009,
Seuwandi Yapa said… - Dear Sameera,
Greetings fro telecentre.org!!!!!
Hope you have received the message that I sent to u.
Best :)))
Seuwandi
- At 11:44pm on July 16, 2009,
Nilupul Dananjaya said… - hi
- At 1:21am on June 16, 2009,
Mohammad Khairul Alam said…
- At 2:25am on May 20, 2009,
gunadasa rathnayaka said… - my dear Sammra;
yes I agree with you all;but I would like to add some more our theme is to connct the village with the globel knowledge.we can receive the most recent news.my opinion is to use ICT for the development of the village and villagers by doing that all the villagers will be able to get the maximum use of the telecentre
thank
with kind regards
Gunadasa rathnayaka
- At 12:37pm on May 15, 2009,
ruwan peiris said… - hi..... nice to meet you.... we will be able to share our idea in the future.....
thank you.
- At 10:33am on May 14, 2009,
Lisa Simpkins said… - Hi Sameera,
It is nice meeting you and I look forward to networking with you.Do stay in touch and have a great day.
Lisa
- At 9:57pm on May 13, 2009,
Alexander G. Flor said… - Nice to see you too, Sameera. I've arranged for your guest user name and password for the eExtension course site in myportal.upou.net. Please expect it from Dr. Bandalaria soon.
- At 10:50pm on January 7, 2009,
Wangchuk Chungyalpa said… - Hi Sameera,
Let us network...
Cheers !
- At 2:18am on January 7, 2009,
Nabil Eid said… - Dear Sameera many thanks for joininig group TC-MENA
We hope to share us with contribution in this group your post will be very helpful for TC-MENA members .
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I think we have to plan for Telecenters with 2-3 computers run by volunteers or semi paid staff, Even the best telecenters not using IT tools for administration, management, and business reporting. One problem is brain drain, people we train leave...
Richard Heeks in his paper argues that
ICT4D 2.0 designs around the specific resources, capacities and demands of the poor. Or, we can transform "the network is the platform" to argue that while ICT4D 1.0 saw ICTs as a tool for development, the s...
There are plenty of topics for this list. All of them diverse and relevant, but first the Foundation should focus on consolidation and multiplication of what TC.org has done well up to this point.
There is lots of value in corroborating the answer...
Here my list:
1.- Telecentro 2.0 = Professional, Accountable, 100% Reliable, and Timely
*The telecenter networks should take serious, concrete steps towards having more professional operations. This implies giving attention to ALL the details of ...
The Foundation should be able to increase its influence, as long as it can demonstrate that it is leading a global diverse network of telecentres and that it is capable of well-coordinated collaborations. Acting often as one unique body, the telec...
There are plenty of topics for this list. All of them diverse and relevant, but first the Foundation should focus on consolidation and multiplication of what TC.org has done well up to this point.
There is lots of value in corroborating the answer...
The success of Shilpa Sayura in up-scaling and replicating its 20 pilot Telecenters into 150 Telecenters in less than 3 years is indeed very remarkable. With that, I could say that the people behind Shilpa Sayura really did some honest-to-goodness...
Jimmy,
Shilpa Sayura is a World bank funded project, just the funding wouldn't make a project a success, commitment of individuals, open participatory platforms, M & E and many other factors influence success in ICT4D. This mainly happen due to ga...
Yes Jan, wiki can be that spark or highway that can lead to faster grass roots-based development. And looking into the connectivity issue among developing communities, for us to generate a much broader base, wiki could be part of the solution.
Pictures from Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) Digital story Telling & Knowledge Sharing Workshop in Bali, Indonesia that started on 24th November 2009 to 2nd December 2009.
We also have information about some private investors, like telecommunication companies, wanting to penetrate unserved and underserved areas but can't proceed due to problematic local ecosystems. This and many more factors complicate our efforts i...
Many of us here I'm sure are not aware of the reasons why those development projects failed despite the presence of funding support, which we all know is an important element of success. That is a big question to me too. And for our TC.org to succ...
I agree with Niranjan. There could be some great wealth that can emanate from the grassroots - for their own people and this whole planet - if given the chance to develop themselves into "social technopreneurs". And to probably bring about that fo...
This is a common scenario in almost all developing countries, most especially in regard to large infrastructure projects like internet connectivity and power/electricity. Private businesses generally do not invest in the rural mountains and far-fl...
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