[ALUG] Fwd: [ISOC] ANNOUNCEMENT: Internet Society Funds 11 Community-Based Projects that Enhance Internet Environments in Underserved Regions

[Ismail Settenda]

F.Y.I

 Internet Society Funds 11 Community-Based Projects that Enhance Internet
Environments in Underserved Regions



The Internet Society today announced funding for 11 community-based
Internet projects that will enhance the Internet ecosystem in underserved
communities around the world. The Community Grants are awarded twice each
year to Internet Society Chapters and Members. Recipients receive up to
US$10,000 to implement their projects.



The 11 projects funded in this round of grants will:

•Enable teachers and students in the Sultanate of Oman to produce and share
video presentations that meet Omani curriculum standards and students' needs

•Facilitate access to the Internet via a wireless mesh network for
students, parents, and others in rural Panama, enabling them to use their
own equipment at home

•Provide research for an evidence-based ICT policy to help bridge the
Internet divide in Ethiopia

•Develop online resources to help Internet Society chapters effectively
create and implement cost-effective video streaming to its membership and
the wider community

•Create a digital community of women in Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics (STEM) in Kenya to serve as a virtual mentorship program

•Support the Koh Sirae School in Thailand by enhancing their wireless
network, updating the learning center and classrooms with laptops and
workstations, and providing furniture for 1,000 children and 53 teachers

•Empower and connect the women of Chuuk State in the Pacific Islands by
establishing an Internet-connected computer lab at the Chuuk Women’s
Council (CWC) building and offering classes in ICT usage

•Promote child online safety in Uganda by educating children, teachers and
parents at three urban schools; developing a user guide; and advocating for
sound policies that ensure Internet safety

•Build a collaborative, independent, and transparent observatory that
quantitatively assesses the Internet quality in Lebanon to help providers
enhance their services and the Lebanese government accelerate the
transition to broadband Internet

•Jump start the establishment of an Internet of Things (IoT)
community-operated space in the University of the Philippines, where people
with shared interests in computers, technology, science, digital art, or
electronic art can meet and collaborate

•Initiate a movement that will encourage and facilitate university students
majoring in ICT subjects to contribute their knowledge, skills, and time to
teach ICT courses at Indonesia's rural high schools



“The Internet Society is honored to support these dynamic programs that
address educational and societal issues related to Internet development and
online connectivity in underserved communities,” said Walda Roseman, Chief
Operating Officer of the Internet Society. “We are reminded of the
tremendous commitment and creativity of our Chapters and Members, who have
identified a need and developed a plan to support community needs. These 11
projects exemplify the diversity and collaboration of the rapidly expanding
Internet community.”



The next application round opens in September. Additional information is
available on the Community Grants Program and these award-winning projects.
http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-awards/community-grants/current-grants



Therefore prepare your proposal cause Arusha is next.


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