Last year, I spent 8 months working for a couple NGO's INSIDE of Afghanistan. believe me, the need for workers in the IT industry is great for these orgs. i didn't get paid while i was there, had to raise my own money. Howerver, it was a completely fulfilling time. just shop around i suppose; there are many organizations out there, and many need computer help. me? i did a lot of networking inside offices, general PC maintenance, and radio system setup and maintenance. despite harsh conditions, harsh taliban, and language bariers, i made it, and came out a better and more rounded person.
doensn't mean you have to go to Afghanistan, but it shows that even in the worst place on earth, there was a need.
many religious groups work in these kind of places in the world, and are your easiest link to this kind of work, but many government sponsored programs also exist, and need help.
the UN offered me a salary of over $100,000 if i would work for them.. so the opportunities are there.. just keep your eyes open and do your research.
My god, how right you are. ironic isn't how they started this damned war 20 years ago to erase communism, yet now, 21 years after the battles started, the Talibs are trying to control their people in the very way the soviets did. through a very perverse and disgusting way. (afghans are STILL convinced they were the ones that overthrew the Soviet Union, as the Soviet recession from their country coincided with it's fall)
Well, i guess i'm probably more or less an authority on afghanistan, since i've lived there as an aid worker. the Taliban, a strict hardline Islamic regime, basically rule their country by fear. i know you've probably heard about the way they treat women, etc, but as it stands, all media (except for the Taliban's own Radio Shariat) is banned, and listening to or watching anything else is banned.
Honestly though, i don't see why this is something that the talibs need to worry about. There is no telephone system in Afghanistan, and when i was there as an IT consultant, the best hope of "internet" was a dial up connection at 2400 baud to a mail server in switzerland.
My theory on this, however, is that the taliban want to make themselves appear in "control" of their people to the outside world. any well informed person will realize that the only hope an afghan has of accessing the internet is to travel to neighboring Pakistan (i don't even mention Iran, since they're limited in internet access anyway.) This is not a realistic possibility though, as most afghans that travel to pakistan, do everything in their power to NOT return.
In short, the Taliban are making another one of thier hollow threats, that in reality doesn't have any true effect on their people (especially since the only true internet users will be going through Inmarsat A or B, and the only people with that are the UN) so, i don't see the point.
the really sad thing though, is that 2 companies - one chinese and one british - have just recently established a long distance (international) telephone service in the Afghan capitol of Kabul. while i was there, i was actually able to connect to a server back home at roughly 14000 bps (SHOCKINGLY good)!
I wonder if that will be a possibility anymore...
while in afghanistan and pakistan, a couple of cdr's loaded with mp3s got spots on them. they made the surface appear darker... and i couldnt read from those spots on the cd anymore. i'm really concerned because i brought this cd home with me to the states not knowing about this fungus yet. i've been home for one month now, and i'm really concerned as to if this can spread somehow. methinks i'll go home and burn this cd...
Please, if anyone has anymore information, email me at bikeman395@yahoo.com
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seems as if your mind is surfing on... Java?
you're not too far off hahaha
Last year, I spent 8 months working for a couple NGO's INSIDE of Afghanistan. believe me, the need for workers in the IT industry is great for these orgs. i didn't get paid while i was there, had to raise my own money. Howerver, it was a completely fulfilling time. just shop around i suppose; there are many organizations out there, and many need computer help. me? i did a lot of networking inside offices, general PC maintenance, and radio system setup and maintenance. despite harsh conditions, harsh taliban, and language bariers, i made it, and came out a better and more rounded person.
doensn't mean you have to go to Afghanistan, but it shows that even in the worst place on earth, there was a need.
many religious groups work in these kind of places in the world, and are your easiest link to this kind of work, but many government sponsored programs also exist, and need help.
the UN offered me a salary of over $100,000 if i would work for them.. so the opportunities are there.. just keep your eyes open and do your research.
My god, how right you are. ironic isn't how they started this damned war 20 years ago to erase communism, yet now, 21 years after the battles started, the Talibs are trying to control their people in the very way the soviets did. through a very perverse and disgusting way. (afghans are STILL convinced they were the ones that overthrew the Soviet Union, as the Soviet recession from their country coincided with it's fall)
Yea, i forgot to post this in my first reply, the taliban run their own web pages!
check it out! they're funny.
www.ummah.net/taliban/
Well, i guess i'm probably more or less an authority on afghanistan, since i've lived there as an aid worker. the Taliban, a strict hardline Islamic regime, basically rule their country by fear. i know you've probably heard about the way they treat women, etc, but as it stands, all media (except for the Taliban's own Radio Shariat) is banned, and listening to or watching anything else is banned. Honestly though, i don't see why this is something that the talibs need to worry about. There is no telephone system in Afghanistan, and when i was there as an IT consultant, the best hope of "internet" was a dial up connection at 2400 baud to a mail server in switzerland. My theory on this, however, is that the taliban want to make themselves appear in "control" of their people to the outside world. any well informed person will realize that the only hope an afghan has of accessing the internet is to travel to neighboring Pakistan (i don't even mention Iran, since they're limited in internet access anyway.) This is not a realistic possibility though, as most afghans that travel to pakistan, do everything in their power to NOT return. In short, the Taliban are making another one of thier hollow threats, that in reality doesn't have any true effect on their people (especially since the only true internet users will be going through Inmarsat A or B, and the only people with that are the UN) so, i don't see the point. the really sad thing though, is that 2 companies - one chinese and one british - have just recently established a long distance (international) telephone service in the Afghan capitol of Kabul. while i was there, i was actually able to connect to a server back home at roughly 14000 bps (SHOCKINGLY good)! I wonder if that will be a possibility anymore...
while in afghanistan and pakistan, a couple of cdr's loaded with mp3s got spots on them. they made the surface appear darker... and i couldnt read from those spots on the cd anymore. i'm really concerned because i brought this cd home with me to the states not knowing about this fungus yet. i've been home for one month now, and i'm really concerned as to if this can spread somehow. methinks i'll go home and burn this cd... Please, if anyone has anymore information, email me at bikeman395@yahoo.com