Archive for February 21st, 2006

Welcome Back Meg!

21st February 2006

Geekcorps welcomes back Meg Ross, one of our longest serving volunteers, to the MISTOWA program in Ghana. After nine months of service with Geekcorps in 2005, and then an eventful wandering from Ghana to South Africa overland (yeah, we’re jealous too!), Meg has returned to Accra, Ghana, for another year of web and graphic design with MISTOWA.

While we give a hearty “Thanks Meg!” we are also a little bit envious. Accra is not a hard place to spend a year living the Geekcorps lifestyle.

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Papou Coulibaly is young boutique owner in Ouélessébougou. Previously, Geekcorps partnered with Papou to create a Cybertigi - an Internet access point for the local community via a wireless link to a Community Information & Learning Center (CLIC).

The Cybertigi proved to be a very successful experiment, becoming popular with first time Internet users who found Papou’s mini-cyber both affordable and accessible. Unfortunately, after several months of Cybertigi operation the CLIC lost its Internet connection and Papou returned his equipment back to the CLIC.

Undeterred, Papou Coulibaly saw the potential for offering offline ICT services in Ouélessébougou and went about creating a unconnected cyber café at his boutique. Using the Geekcorps’ Cybertigi design, Papou acquired three computers, a laser printer, scanner, digital camera, photo printer, a Bluetooth adapter, speakers and a headset, even building a permanent metal shelter for his cyber café boutique.

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