Re: [school-discuss] [IIEP] Blog, FLOSS and NGOs

[Edward Holcroft <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Frederick

My organisation, NetDay South Africa, is a non-profit that is  
providing access to ICTs in the poorest of poor schools in South  
Africa. We have had enormous success using Linux thin client and  
refurbished workstations. We are funded primarily by UniForm South  
Africa. You can see more on our work at www.netday.org.za (still in  
need of a bit of work) and at http://co.za/cares/netday_proj.html.  
We've done a lot of groundbreaking work in the deployment of Linux  
thin client in developing countries over the years. We have reached a  
point in South Africa where sustainable ICT solutions using Linux and  
refurbs can be deployed by schools themselves with very little  
assistance. This is one of our goals - to see people deploying  
technology solutions for themselves by themselves.

I note that you have mentioned us in your report on your visit to our  
friends The Shuttleworth Foundation.

cheers
Edward Holcroft
On 09 Oct 2005, at 12:37 AM, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:

> Just a short note to say I'm writing a blog on Free/Libre and Open
> Source Software (FLOSS) and non-profit organisations.
>
> This can be found at: http://foss4us.org/blog
>
> If you could help me with any pointers of interesting civil society
> organisations using Free Software or Open Source for their work,  
> I'd be
> grateful.
>
> Regards, Frederick "FN" Noronha.
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