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Connecting
the World, Global Digital Divide and Digital Opportunity
There is a real risk of developing countries being
left behind in the emerging information age where, increasingly, economic
prosperity is based on access to knowledge. We are witnessing a widening
north-south information gap, in both traditional and new media, with
the result that the poorer developing countries may well be condemned
to isolation and continuing poverty
There are two billion people in the world who have
never made a phone call. 54 percent of the world's population lives
two miles from a phone. There are more phone lines in Manhattan than
in all of Africa. While the challenges of connecting the developing
world are daunting, there are ways that technology can facilitate a
global exchange of ideas and help to eliviate poverty.
1) Think Quest:
provides a simple yet powerful way to link children from around the
world in an enriching exchange of ideas, culture and technology. With
Think Quest, Community Digital youth can work with and learn from youth
from around the world.
2) The
Hunger Site: a simple click from you could supply food to needy
children in the developing world.
3) War Child:
dozens of projects benefiting children in war torn areas around the
world.
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