by Beth | Feb 5, 2006 | Social
Saksham, meaning ‘self reliant’, is an attempt to offer 50,000 rural kiosks in six states to create a strong IT rural ecosystem*”The company would initiate 50,000 rural kiosks in three years. Currently, six lakh Indian villages have around 14,000...
by Beth | Nov 26, 2005 | Social
ROME, NOV. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The Rome-based Community of Sant’Egidio is planning a worldwide mobilization to abolish the death penalty. Mario Marizziti, a leader of the ecclesial movement, called capital punishment “immoral and futile.” Today,...
by Beth | Nov 23, 2005 | Social
Nov. 18 (CNA/CWNews.com) – Archbishop John Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, told a United Nations gathering that countries have a duty to use new advances in technology to help offer a voice to those who have been “unheard...
by Beth | Sep 29, 2005 | Social
A BBC press release about an MIT sponsored sub-$100 laptop says it will be able to use a crank when no power is available and be virtually indestructible. Sub-$100 laptop design unveiled – Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of the Massachusetts Institute...
by Beth | Aug 19, 2005 | Social
Staff at mission-based organizations (nonprofits, civil society organizations, and public sector agencies) often have to rely on consultants, either paid or volunteer, for expertise in computer hardware, software and networks. Staff may feel unable to understand,...
by Beth | Aug 15, 2005 | Social
Online volunteering means unpaid service that is given via the Internet. It’s a method of volunteering I (Jayne Cravens) have been using, studying, documenting or promoting since 1995, first independently, then with the Virtual Volunteering Project, and then...
