Archive for janvier, 2007

On Friday November 10th, Geekcorps met Peace Corps Small Enterprise Development volunteer Miguel, who lives in the region of Segou. Their goal: to help establish a small computer based enterprise to be managed by the youth association that Miguel works with. Geekcorps’ director Matt Berg, volunteer Brennan Casey, and I, Vina Verman, a Peace Corps volunteer partnered with Geekcorps, came to Miguel’s village to contribute technical expertise and equipment. Miguel, who lives in this small village, will offer on-the-ground support that this youth group needs to start managing this new enterprise.

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After months of hard work, Geekcorps is extremely proud to announce the release moulin - the offline Wikipedia!

moulin, French for windmill, is our attempt to improve the access to basic information and reference material in developing countries by making it possible to access Wikipedia, the world’s largest, free encylopedia, offline.

Basically, moulin is a fully interactive, offline version of the entire Wikipedia (without pictures) on a CD!

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