Jhai PC

CS Monitor reports on the Jhai PC project:

Jhai requires a 10-year plan from each community it works with. A local entrepreneur must come up with a business plan that will employ villagers, maintain the computers, and pay for Internet access and electricity. Jhai participates in the process, providing business training and support along with classes on how teachers can integrate the computers into local school curricula.Instead of deploying the technology and letting the details sort themselves out, Thorn’s program tailors the technology and its infrastructure to the community’s needs. “Jhai takes a bottom-up approach, while everyone else takes a top-down approach,” says Mr. Felsenstein. “[It’s] a much more total view of the village’s needs.”...[continue reading]

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