Archive for January 11th, 2004

Canadian Press!

11th January 2004

First volunteer to Mali!

Ian Howard, the first volunteer assigned to Geekcorps’ community radio / WiFi project in Mali, West Africa, will be arriving within the week in Bamako. Ian’s employer, the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), published an article in the University Bulletin about Ian and his exciting project.
Additionally, the Record, another Canadian newspaper, posted the following article:

The Record article: http://dingo.uwaterloo.ca/~ihoward/geekcorps/docs/therecord_article.html
The Bulletin article: http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2004/jan/09fr.html

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