[Advisors] FW: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Program Supports Diverse
Projects that Impact People in Underserved Communities
Gary Kenward
GaryKenward at eastlink.ca
Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:41:15 -0300
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Subject: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Program Supports Diverse
Projects that Impact People in Underserved Communities
Internet Society Program Supports Diverse Projects that Impact People in
Underserved Communities Grants awarded to nine programs that expand Interne=
t
use around the world Washington, D.C. USA and Geneva, Switzerland, 3 July
2012 =AD Nine community-based initiatives that advance Internet access,
leadership, education, and development have been selected to receive grants
from the Internet Society. Internet Society Community Grants are awarded
twice each year and recipients receive up to US$10,000 to implement their
projects. The projects funded in this round of grants will: * Provide
Internet access to blind and visually impaired people in Armenia * Generate
a public framework for the global governance of identity management
solutions. Major priorities include the preservation of online privacy and
multistakeholder participation. * Develop IPv6 training in Zimbabwe for
university and service provider engineers * Launch IT-related vocabulary fo=
r
preservation of the Niue language * Empower youth in Somalia with Internet
skills through training centers * Bring solar powered Internet connectivity
and computing technology to remote school in Chuuk, Micronesia * Update and
translate IPv6 book developed by Internet Society into other languages *
Offer solar powered computer access to primary school students in Bamako,
Mali * Improve infrastructure at St. Louis College in Jos, Nigeria to exten=
d
Cisco Networking Academy to the entire school of 700 girls =B3We are extremel=
y
pleased to be able to support these nine remarkable projects,=B2 said Walda
Roseman, Chief Operating Officer at the Internet Society. =B3The Internet
Society is a strong advocate of equal access to the Internet for all people=
.
The Community Grants program is designed to encourage innovative thinking b=
y
supporting outreach efforts that address the humanitarian, educational, and
societal aspects of online connectivity. These nine grantees reflect the
values and goals that the Community Grants program has been created to help
advance. We applaud the Internet Society Chapters and members who are givin=
g
their time and talents to help others through these initiatives.=B2 This is
the 15th round of Community Grants since 2005, and applications will open
again in August 2012. Additional information on the Internet Society
Community Grants program is available at
http://www.internetsociety.org/communitygrants
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eople in Underserved Communities Grants awarded to nine programs that expand=
Internet use around the world Washington, D.C. USA and Geneva, Switzerland,=
3 July 2012 – Nine community-based initiatives that advance Internet =
access, leadership, education, and development have been selected to receive=
grants from the Internet Society. Internet Society Community Grants are awa=
rded twice each year and recipients receive up to US$10,000 to implement the=
ir projects. The projects funded in this round of grants will: * Provi=
de Internet access to blind and visually impaired people in Armenia * Genera=
te a public framework for the global governance of identity management solut=
ions. Major priorities include the preservation of online privacy and multis=
takeholder participation. * Develop IPv6 training in Zimbabwe for university=
and service provider engineers * Launch IT-related vocabulary for preservat=
ion of the Niue language * Empower youth in Somalia with Internet skills thr=
ough training centers * Bring solar powered Internet connectivity and comput=
ing technology to remote school in Chuuk, Micronesia * Update and translate =
IPv6 book developed by Internet Society into other languages * Offer solar p=
owered computer access to primary school students in Bamako, Mali * Improve =
infrastructure at St. Louis College in Jos, Nigeria to extend Cisco Networki=
ng Academy to the entire school of 700 girls “We are extremely pleased=
to be able to support these nine remarkable projects,” said Walda Ros=
eman, Chief Operating Officer at the Internet Society. “The Internet S=
ociety is a strong advocate of equal access to the Internet for all people. =
The Community Grants program is designed to encourage innovative think=
ing by supporting outreach efforts that address the humanitarian, educationa=
l, and societal aspects of online connectivity. These nine grantees reflect =
the values and goals that the Community Grants program has been created to h=
elp advance. We applaud the Internet Society Chapters and members who are gi=
ving their time and talents to help others through these initiatives.”=
This is the 15th round of Community Grants since 2005, and applications wil=
l open again in August 2012. Additional information on the Internet So=
ciety Community Grants program is available at <a href=3D"http://www.internets=
ociety.org/communitygrants">http://www.internetsociety.org/communitygrants</=
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