[Savannah-hackers] [ 101428 ] Assistance on Local Content Project

[nobody]

Support Request #101428, was updated on 2002-Oct-22 04:17
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Category: Web
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Summary: Assistance on Local Content Project

By: me
Date: 2002-Oct-22 04:17
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I came across this URL while searching for information 
on how to implement our local content project, AFARA. 
AFARA seeks to help take Information technology and 
Content into local communities, particularly in 
the Yoruba-speaking region of Nigeria where we (PIN) 
work. We trust that the project will also benefit the 
over 22,000,000 (1999 WA) Yoruba-speaking 
people in West Africa and the rest of teh world.

PIN - Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (www.pin.itgo.com) - 
is an online and youth-led ICT4D effort that seeks to 
empower young Nigerians in the area of Information 
Technology through personal development, and also 
ensuring that they play their active roles as global 
citizens.

We discovered that most young people (and even 
the "not-youngs") in Nigeria may not appreciate IT 
since it is assumably meant for the learned in 
English (and the popular languages) alone. This gap is 
what we hope to build a bridge over with the AFARA 
project. We invite you to please look at 
www.pin.itgo.com/afara/index.htm, where we have set up 
comprehensive information about the project.

>From consulations, we know that we have to get 
involved with character sets, et al but we would need 
assistance with that. While searching for online 
information on the language, I found out that it is 
listed as ISO 639-2 and also came across our email 
address as an expert in such local 
language projects.

We need assistance in this ambitious project and count 
on your support in order to help the over 22,000,000 
people that speak the language to have access to the 
Information Society. We look forward to reading from 
you.

Thank you.

'Gbenga Sesan
Team Leader, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria
www.pin.itgo.com | address@hidden
Nigeria's Information Technology Youth Ambassador
www.gbengasesan.com


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