Here's an email I got from the Lugmasters list. A project is looking for people to go to Guyana to volunteer for 6-weeks this summer. If I could get time off work I would go. Sounds like an experience.<br><br>Thought it might interest some. Please forward to any others you know who might be interested.<br>
<br>Colin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Alan Pope</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>></span><br>Date: 2009/4/29<br>
Subject: [lugmaster] Fwd: Looking for Volunteers for ICT Project in Guyana<br>To: "A closed discussion list for UK LUGMasters." <<a href="mailto:lugmaster@mailman.lug.org.uk">lugmaster@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>
<br><br>Thought this might be interesting to some LUG members in the UK..<br>
Please pass on to your LUGs if you think so too.<br>
<br>
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From: "Paul Webster" <<a href="mailto:Paul.Webster@navca.org.uk">Paul.Webster@navca.org.uk</a>><br>
Date: Apr 29, 2009 5:51 PM<br>
Subject: [ukriders] Looking for Volunteers for ICT Project in Guyana<br>
To: "Ukriders@Lists. Lasa. Org. Uk (<a href="mailto:ukriders@lists.lasa.org.uk">ukriders@lists.lasa.org.uk</a>)"<br>
<<a href="mailto:ukriders@lists.lasa.org.uk">ukriders@lists.lasa.org.uk</a>><br>
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Hello there<br>
<br>
I need your help. I'm working with a Commonwealth Youth Exchange<br>
Council/British Council/VSO (soup) project which is trying to recruit<br>
four or so young adult volunteers to spend up to six-weeks in Guyana<br>
this summer running an ICT Skill Share.<br>
<br>
Guyana right now has a massive skills gap when it comes to online<br>
skills. They had some investment in a national resource centre for<br>
using technology in education a few years back - but it's barely been<br>
able to get anywhere because of skills gaps & lack of infrastructure<br>
in the country. Guyana is one<br>
<br>
Details of the project (including a video that the Guyanese hosts for<br>
the project have made explaining it a bit more) here:<br>
<a href="http://www.cyec.org.uk/guyana-ict" target="_blank">http://www.cyec.org.uk/guyana-ict</a><br>
<br>
but in summary I'm asking do you know anyone who:<br>
<br>
Is aged 18 - 30(ish)<br>
Is based in Britain (or has very close ties to the UK even if<br>
elsewhere right now);<br>
Has web development, graphics, e-commerce or digital animation skills;<br>
Can train / share those skills with others;<br>
Can work in a pretty tough environment in terms of climate, context<br>
and access to technical kit & bandwidth;<br>
Could spend six-weeks in Guyana from late June/early July this year as<br>
part of a small team?<br>
<br>
Quite a skill spec I know - but I thought if such people are out there<br>
- you are the folk who are likely to know them.<br>
<br>
Please do forward on details to anyone (or any networks) who you think<br>
might be interested.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.cyec.org.uk/guyana-ict" target="_blank">http://www.cyec.org.uk/guyana-ict</a><br>
<br>
We're going to have a recruitment day in London on the 16th May - and<br>
we're asking anyone who might be interested to drop us their CV ASAP,<br>
and by the 8th May at the latest...<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!<br>
<br>
All the best<br>
<br>
Tim<br>
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