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This FAO report outlines the elements of a communication for development approach applied to the problems of rural development.
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Google PR: This is a research Foundation working in India on the issues of access to communications for poor village communities. They are particularly interested in supporting content generation at a local level, to ensure that localy relevant information is available on the web for these communities, in a language they can understand.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Two organizations, Opportunity International and Hyperstudy.com Pty Ltd, working to provide small loans, on-line education and other resources to the economically disadvantaged. Lots of on-site links to other poverty related issues and services. Click and give site.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: VERCON is the virtual extension work project run by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) This is a full description of the project.
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Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Explores the digital divide on a gender basis. Newsletter can be downloaded. Has a link to a discussion.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: From about.com. Article on adult learning and the digital divide. Links to other articles including the digital divide and race relations.
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Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: In order to meet the needs of students in today's world, access to technologies must be equally available to all students. Accessibility issues include social, economic, and educational status, gender, funding, hearing, visual, and other physical disabilities.
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Paper from the Morino Institute argues that technology is not an end by itself but should serve as a bridge to ending other types of 'social divides.'
Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: Paper from the Morino Institute argues that technology is not an end by itself but should serve as a bridge to ending other types of 'social divides.'
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Article by Andy Carvin of the Benton Foundation arguing that the digital divide is the civil rights issue of the next century.
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Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: The Morino Institute explores opportunities to leverage the Internet to advance social change. Our focus is on entrepreneurship (netpreneurs), effective giving (venture philanthropy), and closing social and digital divides.
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An organization in East Palo Alto, CA, offers training for young people, assists community organizations in getting on-line and offers computer access for the entire community.
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Details Hits: 0 Votes: 0 Ratings: Reviews: Google PR: The San Diego Futures Foundation (SDFF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization created to establish accessibility to information technology resources, increase computer literacy, and provide training to enable a broader range of citizens to cross the digital divide. SDFF fulfills its mission by addressing three primary areas of need in the San Diego community: access to technology and education, youth training, and technical services for nonprofit organizations.
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