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Forum for Information Technology Nepal (FIT Nepal) is a non-governmental organization established in 2001 with a slogan “IT For All” by a group of IT enthusiasts.FIT Nepal strives to take the benefits of ICT to the rural and marginalized communities of Nepal. The effort has made significant strides, especially in establishing community telecenters and capacity building of the community.
www.fitnepal.org.np


Fusion is the ICT4D umbrella movement of Sarvodaya the largest 50 year old national NGO in Sri Lanka, serving over 15,000 villages. Fusion’s mission is the ‘e-Empowerment of poor communities’. Programs are delivered through telecentres, Village Information Centres (VIC) and other cross cutting community-development programs targeting children, youth, women and elders.
www.fusion.lk


Gedaref Digital City Organization (GDCO) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Gedaref Sudan. It is the founder of the first digital city in Sudan (2005) and the founder of first national telecentre academy in Africa and the Arab world (2008). GDCO has strong partnership with the great people of Eindhoven (Netherlands) through the digital city of Eindhoven (DSE) where 750 computers were donated to establish many Telecentres and ICT projects for community development in Sudan.

Gedaref digital city organization (GDCO) was the winner of i4d 2007 awards (e-India 2007 conference) also eINDIA Awards 2008 for the Best innovations at the grassroots Telecentre. GDCO organized (with support of Ugabytes and its partners – IDRC, Telecentre.org, etc.) the 5th East African Telecentre Leaders Forum in Khartoum Sudan where 120 participants from 18 countries had been represented. GDCO succeeded in launching the first Telecentre academy in Africa and Arab World and No. 13 in the globe (Sudan National Telecentre Academy (SuNTA) during the Telecentre Forum at eINDIA 2008. Prof. F. N. Rajasekharan, the Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University launched the SuNTA website www.sudantelecntreacademy.org during the Telecentre Academy session of the Telecentre Forum.
www.gedarefcity.org


The Nenasala Project is one of the projects implemented under the e-Sri Lanka Initiative. Formally known as the “Vishva Gnana Kendra Project (Nenasala)”, ICTA has incorporated it under the “Nenasala” label to introduce several models of the telecentres or knowledge centres to be established in all parts of Sri-Lanka to spread ICT services to the rural and semi-urban population.
www.nanasala.lk


OneRoof Inc is a USA-based company that is developing a network of franchised businesses that deliver IT-enabled services—information and communications, education, financial services, jobs, and more—to rural communities in India. Currently OneRoof operates in the state of Tamil Nadu through its wholly owned subsidiary, OneRoof Services Private Limited with headquarters in Chennai. OneRoof is also developing a proprietary Management Information System (MIS) to give franchisees and staff a comprehensive web-based display each day regarding sales, P&L, utilization rates, computer program usage, foot traffic, and more. OneRoof looks forward to speaking with representatives of telecentre networks worldwide about our work, particularly the MIS.
www.oneroof.com



 


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