Hi Jukka,
I am member of the Free and Opensource Software for Africa (FOSSFA).
Can I forward/copy/refer this conversion to our mailing list? You may
get better responses from there
Regards
Onyeibo
On Mon, 2016-06-27 at 16:16 +0200, Jukka Palander, IT Development Spain
wrote:
> Thanks Beth,
>
> I was involved with Meltwater school located at Ghana some years ago
> and I was ready to go there as a teacher (of teachers, ie. Senior
> Faculty). Anyhow, this never happened.
>
> Now, have to say it in public, my 3 years long project has ended and
> I am seeking something new (those who want to know more of me, please
> learn from "devspain.com" or linkedin). Right now I am able to do
> this donation and luckly I have a friend doing donation at (and
> organizing) a "summer camp for 4-7 years old" in Gambia. This is why
> I wanted to step out and offer computers for bit older group. Problem
> is that she is flying next Thursday! We just cannot have those PC:s
> on board in the luggage ;-)
>
> Also for Freemedia involved: I have a bunch of empty DVDs. I try to
> burn all of them on the same set to be sent in there. Maybe 50 of
> them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Jukka
> El 27/6/2016 14:55, Beth Lynn Eicher <bethlynn(a)fedoraproject.org>
> escribió:
> >
> >
> > Jukka,
> >
> > This is awesome. Thanks for doing this. I was involved in a similar
> > deployment 4 years ago in Ghana. You are asking the right questions
> > as suitable places with electicity, four walls, and a roof are not
> > simple to find.
> >
> > Have you discussed this with the Free Open Source Software
> > Foundation of Africa (FOSSFA)? They will be happy to help put you
> > in touch with local NGOs that can plan out good places for an
> > Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre. You may also
> > find assistance through a university as they tend to care about the
> > educational needs of the children nearby. Lastly, find out what
> > international church is prevails in the area. In Ghana it was the
> > Presbyterians. Even if you are not religious, these churches are
> > not to be overlooked as they are well established in the community,
> > with their own schools, colleges, football leagues, and camps.
> >
> > One last piece of advice. Make sure your shipper is solid. Even
> > though it is a donation, once your goods arrive, they could try to
> > get you to pay for tarrif monies for the entire crate.
> >
> > You may contact me off list to discuss.
> >
> > All of the Best,
> > Beth Lynn Eicher
> >
> > On Jun 27, 2016 6:01 AM, "Jukka Palander, IT Development Spain"
<ju
> > kka(a)devspain.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello all.
> > >
> > > I think we do not have an Ambassador in Gambia?
> > >
> > > I have an opportunity to donate 6-7 Dell computers (second hand,
> > > but cleaned and verified) with monitors and pre-installed
> > > Fedora24 on them and maybe I am also able to find a transport
> > > from Spain to Gambia.
> > >
> > > Donation will be made for schools, libraries or any place where
> > > local people can have an Internet access and computers can be
> > > used by multiple peolpe. As said, all computers are ready to use
> > > and installed and all computers has the F24/64Live installation
> > > extra DVD inside so they can spread it to others as a Freemedia.
> > >
> > > Question is: do someone know anyone over there to be able to seek
> > > right donation places? I have a friend who has Gambian husbend
> > > and he will help if nobody else is found but a local help would
> > > be a great addition.
> > >
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