Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

--Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project. In December I wrote a book review of Monique and the Mango Rains , the story of a Peace Corps worker's two years working with a midwife in Mali. What is the Sigida Keneyali Project? Sigida Keneyali means “Health in Our Homes” in Bambara, the most common language in Mali.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process. Voice remains the killer app. I’ve been part of two particular SMS health projects that have convinced me of the viability of this approach. .

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Mobile North America Mali Cameroon 62

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool. The "voices" of the Internet that you get are biased by the people who are in the places that you hang out. " Who could argue with that? What Can We Do, Then? But do you know this?

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Digital Laptop Mali Myspace 74

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 2, 2007

SocioLingo's Africa Blog : Written by an Englishwoman living in Mali, this blog's frequent posts - many times a day - cover all of Africa and point out articles and reports on linguistic, cultural, archeological, economic, and political developments on the continent. SocioLingo's Mali Blog. Even the occasional recipe shows up here.

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