Hi, I understand that my request and language used may sounded weird. Excuses. But I still think that the impact following event could have been less if people in Africa would have access to 'normal' tools such as Sage.
Last week, during two consecutive nights (Thursday and Friday), the 2 major markets of Togo burned. In Lomé the fire started on Friday evening 23 PM and lasted until late Saturday. Ghanaian firemen(pompiers) had also to come from Aflao to help. In Kara, 1750 shops were burned and in Lomé, 4250 shops. Victims, all informal market workers,* were not insured*; they lost not only their shop, their goods, but many also all their money. Unfortunately the victims left their money in the shop; they don't "trust" the local financial institutions and the big banks are not interested in them. One 'maman benz' (as they are called) lost 700 millions FCFA of goods and money. Another left her just received micro-finance loan (20 millions FCFA) in the shop. The Head of State, Faure Gnassingbé, called upon massive solidarity to accompany the victims of thes fires. A "catastrophe fund" will be created and all financial actors 'should' contribute. In order to contribute, I have a kind request not for money but to provide arguments regarding my comparison between two approaches. This will help them to build a better future. Roland Op donderdag 17 januari 2013 14:51:15 UTC+1 schreef Emmanuel Charpentier het volgende: > > Ahem ... > > This : > > Le jeudi 17 janvier 2013 08:35:34 UTC+1, Rolandb a écrit : >> >> [ Bandwidth savings ... ] >> > > >> Sage origin is mathematics, but over time it has become a great tool for >> normal work too (especially rural areas). > > > is a pearl ! I hereby nominate it as The Quote Of The Year on > Mathematics... > > Question : can one use Sage for abnormal work in rural areas ? or for > normal work in urban areas ? > > Back to my semi-abnormal work in an overly urban area... > > > > Emmanuel Charpentier > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
