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What do Umarani (Kuppam, India)
Melture of (Cebu, Philippines) Roger (Yucatan, Mexico) and Albert
(Magadi, Kenya) have in common? They are just like any other young
people of the regions mentioned in brackets but only with a slight
difference. They are rural young people with a dream and a vision.
Interventions by World Corps and its partner organizations such as
the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Hewlett Packard in India,
World Vision in the Philippines, UNDP in Mexico and ITDG and GEF
in Kenya are enabling these young people to combine ICT and
Business to set up rural based and IT enabled Community
Information Centres which are creating economic and social impact
in their regions through information and communication services to
the underserved rural people of their regions.
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World Corps Country
Coordinators of India, Kenya, Mexico, The
Philiphines and USA with the Gridleys who hosted a
World Corps fundraising event in New York in
October 2003
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The Country Coordinators of World
Corps, Deepa Anandakrishnan and Praveen Kumar Prithvi of India,
Joseph Maruti of Kenya, Migule Raimilla of Mexico and Angelito
Geverola of the Philippines and Dwight Wilson of USA met in
Seattle during September 2003 to chalk out future plans of action
for World Corps in their respective countries. The Coordinators
shared experiences, lessons learnt and success stories of their
country programmes. Some of the highlights of the programme
included meetings and interactions with other organizations like
Digital Partners, EarthCorps, Global Partnerships, Grameen
Technology Centre, Teachers Without Borders, Microsoft Community
Affairs Division, Washington Women's Foundation in Seattle, Bard
College, Canada World Youth, Open Society Institute of the Soros
Foundation and Trickle-Up in New York, Civicus, Global Education
Partnership, Infodev of the World Bank, World Resources Institute
in Washington DC. Another important highlight of this meeting was
to thank funders and supporters of World Corps whose support and
encouragement is making the dreams of young people like Umarani,
Melture, Roger and Albert of this world possible.
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