[Telecentres] RE: [Telecentre's] Basic Telecentre Items

[Toby Beresford]

Don

What do your communities mean by "Lighthouse Centre" - what rocks is it 
warning people away from? Or is it that this is the place where the 
light of the internet can be found?

Thanks

Toby

Don Cameron wrote:

> Karin what a moving and wonderful story. I wish the people, especially 
> the women of Pastocalle all measures of success in achieving these new 
> found freedoms and hope the Telecentre premises become once again a 
> focus of community empowerment. Big change happens in little steps and 
> I think the steps now taken cannot in truth be taken back. We have 
> many similar issues in remote and indigenous communities and your 
> insight and experience is invaluable. What I truly hope is that no one 
> considers this Telecentre a "failure" because it closed; because it 
> did not prove to be socially or politically sustainable. The value 
> provided in human terms far exceeds the financial costs involved and 
> success cannot be measured in such a simplistic manner.
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> You also wrote: "You call telecentre, i do call also telecentre in the 
> international scenario but I do not call telecentre in the local 
> scenario, people call as they feel responds to their cultural reality".
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> Again we are in accord. We use the term Telecentre on forums such as 
> this to provide a name to a concept so people new to the concept can 
> apply a meaningful descriptor; especially for those who might offer 
> support to Telecentre's and need a meaningful name to give to our 
> growing ICT movement - but like your country, only some of our 
> Telecentre's are called Telecentre's - Many have names like: 
> "Community Technology Centre" (CTC),  "Youth Café", "Technology and 
> Learning Centre" (TLC), "Drop-in Centre", "Community Resource 
> Centre",  "InfoCentre", "FarmAid Centre" and "Lighthouse Centre" (a 
> name preferred by some of our indigenous peoples) amongst a great many 
> others. The name given to the concept reflects the mission and purpose 
> of the community as well as a degree of promotions value - The name 
> "FarmAid Centre" is given as much to highlight the need of our farmers 
> to politicians as it is to provide community support and assistance. I 
> think we underestimate the potential of Telecentre's when we do not 
> include the value of a Telecentre to promote community needs (as your 
> initiative has done by promoting the needs of these women to our 
> global audience).
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>
> Rgds, Don
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