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Macedonia: Update on the ‘Computer for Every Child' Project

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 @ 20:49 UTC

by Elena Ignatova

Countries:: Macedonia
Topics:: Children, Cyber-Activism, Development, Education, Governance, Internet & Telecoms, Software & Tools, Technology, Youth
Languages:: Macedonian

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Македонија: Новости за проектот „Компјутер за секое дете“...

The blog devoted to the “Computer for Every Child” project gives updates [MKD] from the biggest school in Macedonia: […] “Because of the old electrical installation in the school the computers in this high school won’t be installed and used throughout the whole school year.” […]

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