It was a historical moment at the CTPH Tel-centre in the Queen Elizabeth National park when Mr. Murugahara John Silco-Director of RICNET, met with a team from World Wide Web Foundation. The team included Sir Tim Berners-Lee (founder/inventor of WWW), Rosemary Leith (the Director) and Stephane Boyera. Also present was Mr. Lawrence Zikusoka of CTPH and representatives from the local community served with the Tel-centres.
The World Wide Web Foundation is a new international grassroots non-profit founded by inventor of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, that seeks to advance the Web and empower people.
The foundation leads transformative programs to advance the Web as a medium that empowers people to bring about positive change.
By funding research, technology development, and outreach, the Web Foundation strives to enable all people to share knowledge, access services, conduct commerce, participate in good governance, and communicate in creative ways, so they can improve their lives and communities.
RICNET, which is a network of information centres (Tel-centres) in the Rwenzori region wishes to have a close cooperation with WWW Foundation to boost it’s support in the use of ICT and the Web to share relevant, timely information on public health, agricultural best practices, pests & Diseases, Crop markets, environmental protection and weather patterns, and early warning system on disasters with in the community.
The network also ensures that it bridges the Digital Divide that exists between the rich and the rural poor by providing ICT equipments and training to the rural community centres.
RIC-NET is working with district local governments in the region to enhance information sharing among the different stakeholders in the district.
A case in point is the revival and updating of districts’ websites e.g. www.kasese.go.ug , offer relevant trainings in web 2.0 tools and other packages, support districts with e-society centres (that include a district civil society organisations’ (CSO) portal, public sms platform and ICT equipment).
For more information, you can visit www.webfoundation.org , www.ricnet.info or http://rwecovoice.blogspot.com
I support the Web Foundation and invite you to join me!
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