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Donating Time To Goodwill Projects?
jukal asks: "I am in the process of writing a proposal for co-operation between Openchallenge and UNITeS (United Nations Information Technology Service) which is 'creating a global volunteer programme aimed at bridging the digital divide between industrialized and developing countries'. Currently & traditionally contributing as a volunteer means relocating yourself to the developing country to take part as a project developer/manager/specialist. My proposal to UNITeS is, in short, will be that people could participate in such software projects via Openchallenge - while staying in their home country, on their spare-time and while keeping their jobs. The local team in the developing country would, after defining and creating requirements specifications post sub-projects as tasks to Openchallenge. All the contributions submitted to Openchallenge are published under an open source license. My question is: would you for example consider donating some hours to help a goodwill project - if you could do that from home. This is of interest to me, as I would like to be sure that the time we put into building co-operating with a big organization like UNITeS and others in the future. Is not wasted. There is this thread about 'Volunteer Work Abroad' - which is good reading related to the subject. But it did not quite provide me with the answer."
My favorite odd todd line.
And the fact that I seriously considered volunteering, made me feel better
about not..volunteering.
> My firm is currently working with the economic development council of an impoverished county in the Pacific Northwest.
:-)
> While the technology in this county is not quite as outdated as that in, say, Gambia, it isn't *that* far behind.
oh, c'mon it's not that bad in Canada...
http://www.blowthedotoutyourass.com
I'm totally up for doing volunteer work, as long as it pays well.
come on fhqwhgads
Starving, Dying Poor to Get Much-Needed Net Access
Okinawa, Japan (SatireWire.com) The world's poorest nations reacted with elation yesterday after learning the G-8 economic powers have pledged to bring them into the digital economy by wiring their countries. "With access to stock quotes, entertainment news, and streaming video pornography, I will finally be able to feed my family," said Jamil Jurawa, who lives near a contaminated well in a small east Gambian village. "This is a great day and I hope not to die of dysentery before it ends."
In late July, the Group of 8 authorized a Digital Opportunity Taskforce, or "Dot Force,'' to investigate how to wire the Third World and help bridge the rich-poor technology gap. Relief agencies denounced the plan as absurd, insisting that food and medicine are needed first. But the Dot Force argued that information is also critical, and to prove its point, it provided computers and Internet access to Jamil Jurawa and his brother Tamar, who lives in a neighboring Gambian village. The two exchanged instant messages that, said Dot Force members, exemplify the knowledge-sharing power of the Internet:
"Tamar, I have no food. Do you have food?"
"Jamil, I also have no food. But tonight Britney is to chat at E-Online!"
"Good one! I am ROFLDM (Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Dying of Malnutrition)."
"OK! CTFN! (Contracting Typhoid Fever Now)."
I'd dedicate my time at work! I already spend most of it on Slashdot ;-)
I would consider donating some free time as long as I DIDN'T have to do it from home.
If you mod me down the terrorists will have won