From the website: www.inveneo.org

More than 2.5 billion people live in rural and remote areas of developing countries where access to communications is severely limited due to availability or affordability. For these rural communities, access to Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) can transform their lives in simple, yet profound ways.

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), local governments and entrepreneurs that provide these communities vital services also need ICT tools such as low-power computing, telephony and Internet access. ICT plays a key role in expanding the availability of their services to empower people in these communities to improve their own lives. For these rural communities access to ICT can mean:

The difference between life and death (telehealth services) The ability for villagers to earn more for their crops (economic development) A better future for rural children (education) Faster and better help in crises (humanitarian and emergency assistance) Generating income by providing communications services (entrepreneurial applications) The ability to communicate with neighbors and the world Until now, there were few alternatives for these organizations to acquire and deploy ICTs for their projects and programs. They could develop their own solution, they could engage expensive consultants, or, they could take what was available. In many cases the ICT was not sustainable due to cost, complexity, lack of ruggedness and countless other issues.

SOLUTION Inveneo, a non-profit social enterprise, offers a new alternative through its open, non-centralized and sustainable approach for providing ICT systems. Inveneo focuses on designing, integrating and supporting affordable technology systems that match the needs of people and organizations in under-served areas of the world. We provide complete, ready-to-install solutions. We share our designs, both equipment specifications and open source software, so that the systems can be created, adapted and supported locally. Our main goal is to make ICT more available and sustainable so that can be used to by people to improve their lives.

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Kristin Peterson - inveneo.org