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Communication Initiative Network This is one of quite a few major Portals aimed at this type of "Digital Divide" issue. It is supported by major research organisations in this field such as the Canadian Development Agency, and by large content providers such as the BBC. http://www.comminit.com/ Comminit.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Computers for Africa (CFA) Refurbishes and ships used computers to organizations in East Africa. Works to bridge the digital divide, focusing on women and youth groups and organizations working for social development. http://www.computers4africa.org/ Computers4africa.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Digital Dividend Explores sustainable business models for bridging the global digital divide. Its Project Clearinghouse is a database of nearly 700 digitally-enabled social enterprises in developing countries. http://www.digitaldividend.org/ Digitaldividend.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Global Knowledge for Development Discussion Database Archive of the Global Knowledge Discussion list. This is the major list dealing with ICTs in Development http://notes.edc.org/GLG/GKD/repo.nsf/search Edc.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Grameen Telecom's Village Phone Programme This is a detailed case study of extending telecommunications to rural Bangladesh. http://www.telecommons.com/villagephone/contents.html Telecommons.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   The Internet and Rural Development This FAO report outlines the elements of a communication for development approach applied to the problems of rural development. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/CDdirect/CDDO/contents.htm Fao.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   M.S. Swaminath Research Foundation This is a research Foundation working in India on the issues of access to communications for poor village communities. They are particularly interested in supporting content generation at a local level, to ensure that localy relevant information is avai http://www.mssrf.org/ Mssrf.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Solve Poverty - You Can Help Solve Poverty Two organizations, Opportunity International and Hyperstudy.com Pty Ltd, working to provide small loans, on-line education and other resources to the economically disadvantaged. Lots of on-site links to other poverty related issues and services. Click an http://www.solvepoverty.com Solvepoverty.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   VERCON Communications for Agriculture VERCON is the virtual extension work project run by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) This is a full description of the project. http://www.fao.org/sd/2001/KN1007_en.htm Fao.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Challenging the Digital Divide Many people, mostly those already poor or socially disadvantaged in some other way, cannot or do not have access to new technologies and the opportunities they bring. These people stand on the wrong side of the "digital divide." http://www.flexibility.co.uk/issues/debates/divide.htm Flexibility.co.uk  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check