[fsug-bangalore] IT For Change, Bangalore

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

Smitha, Have you see FreEduc, the education tools-packed Free Software
CD? FN

On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 21:26 +0530, Smitha Rao wrote:
> Dear All,
>              I am Smitha Rao, I work for a non-profit Organisation-
> Shala Network in Bangalore.
> Our focus is 'IT in Education' and thus we support rural
> under-priviledged schools with computers and related
> infrastucture,making available the relevant educational content in the
> local language,Training of teachers,evaluation and monitoring of the
> programe...etc,  we have partnered with another non-profit
> Organisation- S3IDF which concentrates on Rural Infrastructure
> Development.
> We have executed projects in rural parts of Chitradurga and Bellary.
> 
> We would be interested in developing good content for educational
> purposes using Open source softwares and LTSP solutions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Smitha
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/17/05, Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati <rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 19:30 +0530, Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati wroeen > > Hello Sajith,
> > >
> > >  Currently I do not have much idea about 'IT for Change' project.I had
> > > CC the original email to Ms.Anita(anita at ITforChange.net) of ITfc.org.
> > > Let hope we can hear more from her about this project soon.
> > >
> > 
> > Here is quick response from Ms.Anita of ITfc.org
> > 
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Dear Rakesh
> > 
> > Thanks for getting in touch.
> > 
> > My colleague will get in touch early next month.. He is travelling
> > currently..
> > 
> > Regs and hope we can find areas of common interest
> > 
> > anita
> > 
> > __________________________________________________________
> > 
> > anita gurumurthy
> > IT for Change
> > Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities
> > www.ITforChange.net <http://www.ITforChange.net>
> > Tel: 00-91-80-26654134
> > Mobile: 00-91-98455 46406
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > Shall update the list about the further information from ITfc Project.
> > 
> > Moreover there are quite a few NGO working here in bangalore, Ms.Smitha
> > Rao works for one such NGO who has very active interest in using LTSP
> > solutions in School in remote rural hamlets in Karanataka.
> > 
> > Perhaps you can help by volunteering in deploying, developing or
> > supporting Kannada localisation works.I request Smitha to tell us more
> > about her work and how FSUG members can help her.
> > 
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > arky
> > 
> > Rakesh 'arky' Ambati
> > GPG Key ID:  0x92BCF7D4
> > Blog [ http://arky.in ]
> > Member FSUG-Bangalore [ http://bangalore.gnu.org.in ]
> > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > 
> > 
> > BodyID:9934312.2.n.logpart (stored separately)
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Frederick Noronha (FN) <fred at bytesforall.org>
Independent Journalist