Wifi Village 2009

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Wifi Village Poverty Alleviation by ICT Tools

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Wifi VillagePoverty Alleviation by ICT Tools

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2000 Households

• Education

• Help to find jobs

• Cheap PC, free Wifi

• Microloan

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Poor Education, Lack of Job Opportunities

Elementary School

High-School

High-School + Graduation

Graduation + Courses

University

0 17,5 35,0 52,5 70,0

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Why don’t You Have Net at Home?

Not Interested

Not Useful

No Need

Has Access Elsewhere

Other

Lack of Skills

Too Expensive

0 20 40 60 80

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Why do You Participate in Wifi Village?

• Education: 46%

• Good Price: 21%

• Useful: 16%

• Family Reasons: 15%

• Entertainment: 1%

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Traffic: Like an Average ISP

0

1,25

2,50

3,75

5,00

Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April May

1000 GB

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Help Desk, Local Agent

Lack of User Skills56%

PC Problem15%

Problem with the Wifi Infrastructure29%

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Education

• Local Agents, Community Building

• Home Education

• Integrated to the Elementary School

• e-Learning

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Intel Classmate PC

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Have You Looked for Job at the Net?

0

7,5

15,0

22,5

30,0

Wifi Village User Control Group

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2010: 30 000 User