2 February 2009
Stories from 2 February 2009
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Environment a Mutual Concern for Young Bloggers
With most of the blogs created as part of a new online project to “create socially conscious media that will impact communities across the U.S. and the Caucasus” now up and running, participants from Armenia and Azerbaijan were asked to highlight an issue of concern in their own communities. While other problems were mentioned, the environment topped the list.
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Egypt: Local Reflections on “Going Local”
Nermeen Edrees of Global Voices Online wrote about Egypt's Going Local Campaign. Today Blogger Juka celebrates the launch of the initiative's Facebook group, Ahmed Al Sabbagh reacts to Facebook itself going local while another two bloggers dictate their terms to switch to local Egyptian products.
Ethiopia: The Boy Without Arms
The Boy Without Arms is a fundraising drive to help the Ethiopian boy, Aschelew. Here is Aschelew's story: Several years ago Aschelew was depressed over his parents' AIDS, and his family chained him up to keep him from killing himself. The chains cut off the blood to his arms and he ended up losing both of them. Now his parents have died and Aschelew and his brother are alone. And the town is eager to see how to help them, and other orphans, sustainably.
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Timor: 9 years of Internet, still one ISP and a huge digital gap
The first computer arrived in East Timor in the early 1990s; only in 1997 was the domain .tp registered and on the 2nd of February, 2000 East Timor was connected to the Internet for the first time. Six years later, in 2006, the number of Internet users was estimated at only 1,200 and as of now there is still no broadband. In the first article of this series, marking the 9th anniversary of Internet connection in East Timor, we have a glimpse of the deep digital divide in the country.
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