Internet for a Remote African Village
Tribal Networks first visited this amazing place in the spring of 2008. We were told that people living in the tribal area of Ait Attab in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco needed modern communications. We found more urgent problems such as poverty and lack of clean water.
Using the internet we are getting people in to help solve these problems, and we've put off the internet project until after we have built a school and community centre, and alleviated the water shortages.
What we're doing now will show very well the benefits to the community of having decent communications to find other communities who are familiar with their problems.
We need help with our websites and internal wiki, and later with the web services we will provide to the community. We want to observe web standards and accessibility guidelines. We're open to ideas beyond just what is mentioned here.
What we're doing shows technology as a means to an end, not an end in itself. The real-world manifestations will make a huge difference and improve the everyday life of many people.
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