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Total so far: £615.00

All donations will go toward the cost of excess baggage, teaching materials for the kids at Himanchal school and IT equipment for the village network. Even a few quid will go a long way. And I'll make sure your name is up in lights on my page!

How your donations are spent will be publicly available on this website.

Saturday 28 March 2009

Mailto: ubuntu-np Local community

Namaste,
In July I'm off to Nepal to help the village of Nangi expand their rural wi-fi network. I'm taking some laptops with me to donate to the local school and am going to install Ubuntu, it's free and Edubunu is perfect for the kids in at the Himanchal School.

I would be great if the Ubuntu Nepal Community would take interest in my project and be there if I need support. I'd also love to come along to any meets you might have while I'm in Nepal.

I'm my opinion, Ubuntu is going to provide a great opportunity to reduce the digital divide. To find out more please visit http://www.himanchal.org/, http://www.wirelessnepal.org/ and my blog at http://charlieinnangi.blogspot.com/.

Thanks guys,
Charlie
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  1. Charlotte Gonella28 March 2009 at 16:26

    Dear Charlie,

    FYI, there is a LTSP based Linux (Ubuntu) lab installed in both Nangi and Tikot (nearby village). You can meet Mr. Kishan Pun there. He can guide you through the system.

    You can also join HeNN eLibrary Google groups (http://groups.google.com/group/henn-elibrary/) if you are interested on this.

    Regards,
    Jwalanta.

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  2. Charlotte Gonella28 March 2009 at 16:26

    Excellent! Thanks for the info, I have been thinking about a TS solution, it's great to know it's already implemented. I'm in contact with Chitra and Mahabir Pun (family members?).

    Thanks for your reply, keep in contact.

    Regards,
    Charlie

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  3. Heather Guay26 June 2009 at 05:22

    Dear Charlie,

    Great Job! Did you ever find out how to bring the "extra" laptops into the country? I am leaving June 28 to teach English and do a teacher's training as well as help open a library and I too need to bring "extra lap tops" in with me to support this work...and I would like to leave them as well.....

    my blog:
    http://nepaladventures.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for any suggestions!
    Heather

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