[UgaBYTES] THE BLOG CONTEST RESULTS

[Mwathi Francis]

Telecentre.org would like to present the following blogs as the top entries
of the recently concluded fist edition of the Telecentre.org blog contest.
We would like to thank all members of the English site of telecentre.org who
entered their blogs for the contest. We would also like to thank our panel
of judges that were drawn from all parts of the world for agreeing to
participate in the evaluation of the submitted blogs.

Congratulations to all members whose blogs made the top five as shown below.
Telecentre.org will be communicating soon on the commencement of the second
edition of the Blog contest for the Telecentre.org English website. All
winners will be contacted with information on how they will receive their
prizes.

The following are the to five blogs:

v     *How Shilpa Sayura became a Telecenter Sustainability Tool in Sri
Lanka submitted b**y **Niranjan
Meegammana*<http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profile/NiranjanMeegammana>
*.*



The blog is about an implementation of Shilpa Sayura in 150th Nenasala in
Sri Lanka. Nenasala is a project of the Sri
Lankan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka>government under the
e-Sri Lanka Initiative where communication centers are
being built by the government in rural
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural>areas to help fight
poverty <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty>, develop
culture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture>and
commerce <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce>, and sustain
peace<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace>
.



http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-shilpa-sayura-became-a



v     *Realistic Path to Sustainability for the Telecentre Champions Group
submitted by **Claire Peque
Fernandez*<http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profile/ClairePequeFernandez>
*.*



The blog is about how telecentre.org is successfully accomplishing its plans
for the global communities through very strongly laid foundations in terms
of building networks, creating content and services, sharing knowledge and
connecting networks.



http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profiles/blogs/realistic-path-to



v     *Can current telecenters reach out to more users by many folds and
really close the digital divides? submitted by **Alan
Foo*<http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profile/AlanFoo>
*.*



* *The blog explores on the effectiveness of Telecentres in actually
reaching out to the rural areas.



http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profiles/blogs/can-current-telecenters-reach



v     *Do not rush! Talk to the community people to find their information
requirement **submitted by **Fatema Begum
Labony*<http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profile/FatemaBegumLabony>
*.*

The blog is about a monitoring and evaluation visit to a remote district of
Bangladesh to find out why the community people don’t understand the
importance of information and why they are not interested to take services
from telecentre.



http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profiles/blogs/do-not-rush-talk-to-the



v     *E-Agriculture in Bangladesh: - A spatial skeleton demanding submitted
by **Md. Saiful
Islam*<http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profile/MdSaifulIslam47>
*. *

* *

The blog is about Bangladesh initiation into the digital world through
E-Agriculture that involves  multidisciplinary initiatives of Agricultural
Informatics, Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship towards building
a Hunger-free, Efficient and Resourceful Bangladesh.



http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profiles/blogs/eagriculture-in-bangladesh-a



v     *Honey I Unearthed a Gold Mine in Rural India!!!! submitted by **N.Ganga
Vidya* <http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profile/NGangaVidya>*.*



The blog is about a Rural Innovation Fund (RIF) that was designed to
encourage organizational, individual and local entrepreneurial endeavors
towards developing cost-effective, practical and innovative applications and
solutions to reach the rural communities, for knowledge empowerment and
poverty alleviation in India.



http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/profiles/blogs/honey-i-unearthed-a-gold-mine



*Panel of judges***

*Name*

*Country/ Region*

1.      Shipra Sharma

India/Asia

2.      Jackie Mondi

South Africa/Eastern and Southern Africa

3.      Angelo Juan Ramos

Philippines/Asia

4.      Laurentiu Bunescu

Romania/Europe

5.      Asmaa Saber

Egypt/Middle East and North Africa

6.      Partha Sarker



7.      Basheerhamad Shadrach












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Francis Mwathi
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UgaBYTES Initiatives (www.ugabytes.org)
Telecentr.org (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
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