INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME

Background of ICT program

In the year of 1999 Green Network, in collaboration with the Institution of Natural Resources, initiated a project known as the “Msunduzi Community Information Communication and Technology". This initiative was funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The project was a pilot project and it has produced lessons that enable the Green Network to now roll out the project in a sustainable manner.
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Green Network started, and INR initiated, this project with an aim of narrowing a widening gap between the poor and rich communities and the community that has access to ICT and that which does not have an access. With this in mind Green Network is embarking on a campaign to close this gap by connecting and networking fifty community based organisations by 2013.

Objectives

  • To conduct a publicity and information campaign to build capacity in ICT
  • To train communities to access and use electronic information system
  • To establish an electronic information system

What we have done

  • Green Network has raised money for ten desk top computers with related software and printers;
  • The criteria have been developed to accept and screen the organisations and thir participants into the project;
  • A Training institution was identified as the service provider ( Sivelele IT Solutions). Sivelele, together with Green Network, developed an isiZulu manual to facilitate the use of the computer.
  • We distributed five computers to trained organisations, including furniture such as desks, chairs and filing cabinets. The project enjoyed press coverage on the 5th of November 2009.
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  • Information Communication Technology (ICT) launches on the 26th of November 2009.
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