[Wikimedia Kenya] Mombasa Update

[David Mugo]

Jessie,

While this might be a good initiative, some schools have absolutely no funds
so camara gets out of the options... I believe we still can find options for
such institutions.

David.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Jessie Wild <jwild at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>  Abbas -
>
> Do you have the contact for Camara?  I would be curious to talk to them
> about updating the version of offline Wikipedia they use on their computer:
> I just downloaded it, and it is a bit outdated, and is not Kiwix either.  I
> think we could set them up with a better offline version at this point.
>
>  Also, did someone connect with the Engineers Without Borders Gothenburg
> (See Discussion: Small EWB Gothenburg project in Kisumu<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Kenya/Project_for_Kenyan_Schools#Small_EWB_Gothenburg_project_in_Kisumu>)?
> I know their project was explicitly in Kisumu this time around, but it might
> be worth connecting with them about (a) the success of Kisumu (was supposed
> to occur in February) and (b) potential interest in working with other areas
> of Kenya...
>
> Great work everyone!  Your efforts are truly inspirational.
> Jessie
>
>
> On 3/2/2011 8:15 AM, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
>
> As for Maweni, if they are ready to get computers, we could connect them to
> Camara -- which sells a refurbished edubuntu computer at 5k (i think). And
> these computers are usually pre-installed with offline Wikipedia.
>
>
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> Jessie Wild
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> Global Development
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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