ISM Band Draft position Paper for Binga
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Using 2.4 GHz ISM Band for Development in Rural Zimbabwe, a case for the Binga District.
request for comments
"For the Tonga people like me, there is something deeply biblical about the word MULONGA, yet it is a modern story too. One of massive but unshared technology. One of plentiful water but perpetual drought."
Dominic Muntanga
Using 2.4 GHz ISM Band for Development in Rural Zimbabwe, a case for the Binga District.
request for comments
Finally the all computers have landed in Binga today 06 April 2007 and
they are temporary stored in the tonga.online office until the upgrading
commences. Currently, Binga High School is busy repainting the internal
walls of the ITC in preparation for the upgrade.
Once more I would thank everyone for the work accomplished.
Have a pleasant Easter holiday.
The data collection for the long awaited feasibility study on ICT infrastructure development, Internet connectivity and on human and organisations e-readiness commenced on the 6th of March 2007. The process of data collection started with the Science and Technology Subcommittee meeting on the 20th of February 2007, where the seven enumerators were selected for the exercise.
Tonga women in Binga have turned a natural resource -- ilala palm -- with the help of Binga Craft Centre, into a treasured commodity through weaving beautiful products.
The craft centre, whose mission is to economically empower women producing Tonga crafts through sustainable use of natural resources, has done a lot to promote women's craft in Binga District.
The Tonga people, who have always lived close to the Zambezi River, have, like the weaverbird, perfected the art of weaving to such an extent that they have managed to captivate the world with their craftsmanship.
According to Betty Mwinde, the quality controller at the centre, the woven products are in such high demand that some of them are exported as far as the United States of America.
But it is the organised manner in which the Tonga women conduct their business with the craft centre that deserves special mention.
We take this opportunity to wish you all a happy holiday season, a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2007.
We say thank you to the many friends, individuals and partners that collaborated with Tonga.Online in support of this program and for the BaTonga people of the Zambezi Valley.
Mweende Kabotu! Twalumba loko and see you in 2007!
As of today, 6th January 2007, the new website-design, based on a content management system (CMS), named Joomla! is online.
You are welcome to suggest improvements or comment on the design in the new discussion forum.
The old website has been moved to /archive.
Project partner Horizont3000 (an Austrian NGO in the field of Development Cooperation) will be conducting an Impact Assessment study of the Binga ITC, which is currently scheduled for end September/early October 2004. The study will include interviews within the community to determine the impact of the project. This should provide the base for further strategies and facilitate an extension of project funding.
With effect from January 2005, Penny Yon, who has been coordinating the project since its inception, will be based in Harare with regular visits to Binga to monitor progress of the project. A local team is being built to run the project on the ground in Binga, which is seen as a further step towards self-reliance for the project and the people of Binga.
Kunzwana Trust and The Tonga.Online project are delighted to confirm the substantial support received from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), with effect from April 2006.
On the eve of the Presidential elections on 9th/10th March the focus of our attention is on Zimbabwe. We stay in solidarity with our friends and the people on the ground: may the vote and will of the people be respected and decide the direction how to overcome the current crisis: We still hope that the winner will take on his responsibility to lead the country wisely and that the looser will accept defeat without causing havoc and bloodshed. In fact the crisis the country is facing is so deep and polarisation went so far that the commitment and strongest efforts of all patriotic Zimbabweans are required to change the tide and reconcile the nation.
We are closely watching the course of events and trying the best to reflect it on discussion here (see Forum).
The official opening of Binga Information Technology Centre on 15th February 2002 marked the successful completion of phase 1 and start into phase 2 of Tonga.Online project. The achievement was highlighted by all stakeholders and authorities present and by World Links for Development Programme who recognised Binga I.T.C. as 43rd WorLD Centre in Zimbabwe.
LUGWALO LWAMAKANI LWABUTONGA LWACIINDI CAKUJUZYANA A MWAKA MUPYA WAZYULU; ZYOBILWE ATUBILI: CAABILO CEKUMI MUSANU ATUBILI MUBE AJILISIMUSI MUBOTU AMWAKA MUBOTU WAZYULU ZYOBILWE ATUBILI !!