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GroupWise EMEA Summit supports Viafrica |
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 Nowadays
in most of the world for most people using a personal computer at work
or at
home is as common as using a phone. Actually, most of us probably
spend more time using a computer than using a phone. Of course traditional
phone systems in Africa
are not so common as elsewhere and also personal computers for private
use are not so common yet. The good news is that with some
help more and more people in Africa do get access to
the World Wide Web, for example by sharing one or more personal
computers
within their community or school.
Viafrica is an organization
(NGO) which helps to get all of this organized and with some help from
us they can do even more. Therefore GroupWiseR, who organizes the
GroupWise EMEA Summit 2006, has
decided to become a sponsor of this good cause. After all, GroupWise is
all about communication and access to the World Wide Web for communication
is what Africa really needs. Therefore we will offer
a percentage of our profits of our prestigious event to Viafrica. This
way your participation in this event will be even more invaluable, for
yourself and many others!
 And
the reason is simple of course: Africa will be one of the
most important areas of the world within a few decades, as long
as we all help them to take the next step in their development process.
And Viafrica is helping them to take these steps, in a simple but very
effective way. Actually, the link between GroupWiseR and Viafrica is
not accidental: one of the former employees of Novell Nederland, Niels
Emmer, is now working in Moshi, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. And
he's certainly the type of person that we all should support:
very involved and in-line with local customs and traditions. More info
about Niels and some beautiful pictures on www.superniels.com.
CLASSworks -Computer Learning And Sustainable Support works- is
Viafrica’s main programme. At this moment more than twenty schools in
East Africa are connected to the CLASSworks programme. CLASSworks
offers guidance to a school with all essential issues connected to the
management and use of a computer room. This starts with the
preparations of a suitable computer room, provides a training model for
the teachers and the management of hard- and software and much more.
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