1. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 1 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa WORKSHOP Computers and their Benefit to Rural Communities of GHANA By Rui Oliveira UN Online Volunteering 2010 Award WORKSHOP Computers and their Benefit to Rural Communities of GHANA By Rui Oliveira UN Online Volunteering 2010 Award

2. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 2 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa Information Era Information is Power DATA vs INFORMATION

3. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 3 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa DATA Related to: Your Person / Group ProductsQuantitiesPrices Commercial Conditions Images… If not accessible has “NO VALUE” If transmitted becomes INFORMATION Information the only Raw Material that: more used, more you have!

4. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 4 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa YOU Completely Isolated GHANA AFRICA WORLD Villages Towns

5. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 5 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa ISOLATION = NO COMMUNICATION = LACK EXCHANGE INFORMATION = NO TRADE

6. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 6 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa ICT I nformation and C ommunication T echnologies

7. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 7 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa ICT Computer Communications Network Internet USB Broadband Modem

8. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 8 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa ICT Communications Network INTERNET

9. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 9 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa With ICT No more Isolation No more Isolation No more Lack of Information No more Lack of Information Promote your Products Promote your Products Buy / Sell on Better Conditions Buy / Sell on Better Conditions Contact Buyers / Partners Contact Buyers / Partners Access to Information Access to Information …

10. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 10 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa ICT Functionalities (some…) e-Mail – Written Communication Exchange Skype – Oral Communication Web Pages – Information on the Internet e-Commerce – Commerce via Internet … … … ICT Functionalities (some…) e-Mail – Written Communication Exchange Skype – Oral Communication Web Pages – Information on the Internet e-Commerce – Commerce via Internet … … …

11. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 11 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa E-Mail - Written Communication Before Mail Letters, Stamps, Postal Address Days on the way Nowadays E-Mail, e-Mail Address A few SECONDS to receive

12. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 12 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa e-Mail

13. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 13 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa SKYPE

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21. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 21 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa Other ICT TOOLS: Word Processor – texts, documents, books Worksheet – Simple & Complex Calculations Image Editor – Work on Images and Photos

22. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 22 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 17 May 2011 “Raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of ICT can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.”

23. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 23 “Better life in rural communities with ICTs” Follows up on the theme for 2010: “Better city, better life with ICTs”. In the rural context, ICT provides enhanced opportunities to generate income and combat poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy. VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa WTISD highlights:

24. Darmang July 23rd, 2011 Rui Oliveira - ICT Consultant 24 VPWA - Volunteer Partnership for West Africa Suggestions –Be organized by Activity Groups –ICT Training –Ask for Advise and Support –Fight for better Communications –BUT… USE ICT. Suggestions –Be organized by Activity Groups –ICT Training –Ask for Advise and Support –Fight for better Communications –BUT… USE ICT.