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SPECIAL FOCUS: SOUTH ASIA ------------------------- HEALTHINFO INITIATIVE FROM BANGLADESH: BDHealthInfo is a private initiative in Bangladesh. Says CEO Shahid Uddin Akbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: "We are also planning to launch a Eastern Consortium with health education institutes / universities / medical colleges for promotion of our Continued Medical Education (CME) program. DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM... IN CYBERSPACE: Democracy and Freedom Must Be An Integral Part of Cyberspace Asia Internet Rights Conference Statement http://www.base21.org/base21hot/airc.html Further details from: PatchA [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Korean Progressive Network (Jinbonet) http://www.jinbo.net INTERNET... AND DEMOCRACY ACROSS ASIA: The Internet and Democracy Across Asia: Online Trends in Governance, Civil Society and Media. http://www.e-democracy.org/do To SUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] INDIAN POETRY ON UNESCO SITE: Chan, Siew Leng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> informs that the Indian web site http://www.aaina-e-ghazal.com/ designed by Dr Tarique Sani and team of Nagpur on a book of 'ghazals' is available in the UNESCO World Poetry Directory web site. The URL address is <http://www.unesco.org/poetry> and the links can be found under the categories "websites" and "links", the country is "India". "With this publication in the UNESCO web site, we wish to contribute to the promotion of Dr. Sani's remarkable works and not forgetting the two-lined poems "Sher". We are impressed by the features that are available in your web site especially the translation / dictionary and wish Dr. Sani continuous success...," Chan commented. http://www.unesco.org/poetry OLD RECORDS, NEW (DIGITAL) USES: Irfan Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes the UNESCO WebWorld Newsletter on the district in Nepal which put old records to "new digital uses". In Nepal, a remote district is are joining the information revolution. Kanchanpur, in western Nepal is using information technology to modernize its public administration and has recently transferred to electronic format some of the records previously preserved by being wrapped in pieces of cloth. Through a joint government/UNDP programme, Kanchanpur is fast becoming a model of an "information technology-friendly" district, says the report. http://www.unesco.org/webworld/news/2001/011017_nepal_district.shtml SPREADING WEB-DESIGN SKILLS IN SOUTH ASIA: One World South Asia is looking for ways of building up partnerships with voluntary and non-profit groups to spread web-design skills that would enable more of the alternative sector to have their own web-presence. The idea is to make them see that ICTs are something they can use easily in daily life and the tools for tapping into their potential are available and simple to use.Contact Nitya Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OR http://www.oneworld.net/southasia/ FROM BRIDGES.ORG: ... we applaud the work of the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras (IITM) to provide access to telephones and the Internet for people in rural areas.... The IITM's efforts represent one of the few attempts made to find innovative and cheap solutions to connect people with ICT.... n-Logue http://www.tenet.res.in/nlogue.html Indian Institute of Technology http://www.iitm.ac.in/first.shtml CorDECT http://www.midascomm.com/products.htm AGRI GATEWAY TO INDIA: Please check this agri gateway to India http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/aim/diglib/india/ AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP: Vaus D. Aslaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has announced the launch of VirtualNation, Inc. a not-for-profit organization founded two years ago to unite Afghan expatriates. Aslaun says: "(I)n light of the current situation in Afghanistan, it is taking off at an extremely fast pace now due to the urgency and necessity of the services offered by us to the public." The plan is to shortly revamp the site to introduce a database for volunteers and organizations that are interested in the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. Three's a mailing-list that can be joined by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] VirtualNation hopes to serve as a unifying force to Afghan expatriates worldwide and is committed to promoting and preserving community, culture and compassion amongst the Afghan community-at-large. http://www.virtualnation.org FREE SOFTWARE MAILING LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a young mailing list. This is yet another venture to promote free software in India. General information about the mailing list is at: http://cc4.tifr.res.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-india DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE FIELDS: Sunil Khairnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> announces work to address issues of digital divide at Indian Agribusiness Systems and Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals. IAS is running on its own steam now and is probably the only effort which generates Dailies(Hindi and Englis), Weeklies and Monthly for ther farm sector. http://www.agriwatch.com 0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o bYtES For aLL is a voluntary, unfunded venture. CopyLeft, 2001. bYtES For aLL e-zine volunteers team includes: Frederick Noronha in Goa, Partha Sarkar in Dhaka, Zunaira Durrani in Karachi, Zubair Abbasi in Islamabad, Archana Nagvenkar in Goa, Arun-Kumar Tripathi in Darmstatd, Shivkumar in Mumbai, Sangeeta Pandey in Nepal, Daryl Martyis in Chicago, Gihan Fernando in Sri Lanka, Rajkumar Buyya in Melbourne, Mahrukh Mohiuddin in Dhaka and Deepa Rai in Kathmandu. To contact them mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two years on, BytesForAll thanks all those who have volunteered their time, energy and motivation in taking this experiment forward, since its launch in July 1999. If you'd like to volunteer too, contact the above address. 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