11 Most Impressive Libraries from the Ancient World
The folks at Online College put together a nice list on librarians from ancient world. The list includes a brief description of each library and a link to an external...
Category: Africa
Satellite Sentinel Project
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The Satellite Sentinel Project hopes to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. The project provides documentation with the hope that exposing the country’s situation will prevent...
Sep
16
2009
Connectivity Across The African Continent
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The BBC has had a number of interesting, and at times conflicting articles about connectivity across the African continent. The first article that caught my eye was one about a...
Sep
08
2009
Bubisher
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Bubisher is a really heart-warming project that started with a group of students at the Colegio San Marciso who wanted to help promote literacy among refugees in the Sahara. The...
Feb
17
2008
Valentine’s other side
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A recent article in the BBC shows how recent violence in Kenya sparked from election disputes has affected the flower industry. Usually Valentines means that workers can expect to work...
Africa, Americas, Asia, Education, Latin America, Open Source, Technology, Tools, Uruguay, USA, World
OLPC – One Laptop per Child
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One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit organization trying to address the lack of resources many Third World Countries struggle with and how these affect education and hinder technological...