Folks,
This is a slightly edited, and _unsigned_ resend of my note of the
8th. In an effort to "unbury the lede", the bank routing info is at
the top of the post, as well as the bottom ;-)
Bank: SOGEBANK
Bank Address : Route de Delmas, Delmas 29, Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Account Number: 130212988
Swift code : SOGHHTPP
Beneficiary : Association Haïtienne pour le Développement des
Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, 18, rue Moise,
Pétion-Ville, HAITI
I appreciate the anonymous offers, of money, time, and talent that
have been sent me. The money should go to the address above, unless
this is too cumbersome, in which case drop me a line and I'll work
something out.
Those of you with corporate responsibility contacts within your
employers or clients, if you would write a "why network continuity is
a good thing" cover and forward this internally, that could add to the
amount AHTIC collects through this public ask.
I've posted an HTML version here:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/project_title_adopt_an_haitian_internet_technician_or_facility/
and here:
http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2010/02/005491.html
The text version follows.
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Project Title: Adopt-an-Haitian-Internet-technician-or-facility
Project Description: The project aims to collect money and telecom
gear to provide mid-term financial aid to IT technicians that have
been affected with their families during the January 12, 2010
earthquake. Money, telecoms gears, time, software, etc will serve to
setup technology community centers to support schools, universities,
vocational centers that have collapsed.
Begin Date
February 2010
End Date
August 2010
The Context: On the January 12, 2010, Haiti one of the poorest country
in the world is hurt by a 7.3 Earthquake that caused major damage to
Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane and other settlements around. Many
notable landmark buildings were significantly damaged or destroyed,
including schools, universities, vocational schools even the
Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Among those killed are a
lot of technicians, students, teachers.
Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging
funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support
personnel. Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport
facilities, hospitals, schools, universities, and electrical networks
had been damaged by the earthquake, which hampered rescue and aid
efforts; confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and
problems with prioritization of flights further complicated early
relief work. As rescues tailed off, supplies, medical care and
sanitation become priorities. Among them we also need to address
education on a mid term run. With a lot of destroyed schools and dead
teachers e-learning can be a good way to overcome this problem.
Deliverables and criteria for close-out
The projects has 2 majors deliverables:
1. Providing financial support to at least 50 technicians whose
houses have been destroyed during the seism. The idea is getting them
a job so they don’t have to worry about their family basic needs and
keeping them on their workplace
2. Setup mobile IT community centers to provide IT services to
schools and universities.
3. Contents production for e-learning
The project boundaries: This project aims to provide technical support
to teachers helping them putting their courses online or on DVD and
make it available for remote schools or schools whose teachers have
been killed during the quake. Data Center in a box will facilitate
access to those courses by the students. Project will be conducted in
joint venture with the Ministry of Education that will define the
priority based on must affected area and teacher availability.
The main risks: The main risk of this project is not having enough
funds to address all the needs in supporting the schools in producing
online courses because it’s a well-known fact that in schools in Haiti
adopted their own curriculum ignoring sometimes the official one. The
second concern
Stakeholders:
Client(sponsor): Ministry of Education
Project Manager: Reynold Guerrier
Project Team: Reynold Guerrier, Max Larson Henry,
Steering committee: Reynold Guerrier, Stéphane Bruno, Sergey Gaillard,
Roque Gagliano, Max Larson Henry
Other Stakeholders: Local ISP, LACNIC, ISOC, IDB
Budget and resources: ($, people, equipment, facilities, software, etc.)
* 100,000.00 USD for salaries to support technicians and their
family to get them back on track
* 5 contents production units
* Production software
* Management software
* 10 data center in a box
Milestones
Date Key deliverables
Feb-March 2010: Financial support to technicians and families
March 2010: Data center in a box
March-August 2010: Implementation period
Bank Account Info:
Bank: SOGEBANK
Bank Address : Route de Delmas, Delmas 29, Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Account Number: 130212988
Swift code : SOGHHTPP
Beneficiary : Association Haïtienne pour le Développement des
Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication
Beneficiary Address: 18, rue Moise, Pétion-Ville, HAITI
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People interesting in working in Haiti can send me a skills and
availability statement too, but what is needed soonest is a budget
that can be applied to existing backfill cash needs passed through the
AHTIC.
Eric
