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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Brunner-Williams)
Wed Feb 17 13:11:13 2010
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:10:28 -0500
From: Eric Brunner-Williams <brunner@nic-naa.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Folks,
This is a slightly edited, and _unsigned_ resend of my note of the=20
8th. In an effort to "unbury the lede", the bank routing info is at=20
the top of the post, as well as the bottom ;-)
Bank: SOGEBANK
Bank Address : Route de Delmas, Delmas 29, Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Account Number: 130212988
Swift code : SOGHHTPP
Beneficiary : Association Ha=C3=AFtienne pour le D=C3=A9veloppement des=20
Technologies de l=E2=80=99Information et de la Communication, 18, rue Moi=
se,=20
P=C3=A9tion-Ville, HAITI
I appreciate the anonymous offers, of money, time, and talent that=20
have been sent me. The money should go to the address above, unless=20
this is too cumbersome, in which case drop me a line and I'll work=20
something out.
Those of you with corporate responsibility contacts within your=20
employers or clients, if you would write a "why network continuity is=20
a good thing" cover and forward this internally, that could add to the=20
amount AHTIC collects through this public ask.
I've posted an HTML version here:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/project_title_adopt_an_haitian_internet_tec=
hnician_or_facility/
and here:
http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2010/02/005491.html
The text version follows.
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Project Title: Adopt-an-Haitian-Internet-technician-or-facility
Project Description: The project aims to collect money and telecom=20
gear to provide mid-term financial aid to IT technicians that have=20
been affected with their families during the January 12, 2010=20
earthquake. Money, telecoms gears, time, software, etc will serve to=20
setup technology community centers to support schools, universities,=20
vocational centers that have collapsed.
Begin Date
February 2010
End Date
August 2010
The Context: On the January 12, 2010, Haiti one of the poorest country=20
in the world is hurt by a 7.3 Earthquake that caused major damage to=20
Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane and other settlements around. Many=20
notable landmark buildings were significantly damaged or destroyed,=20
including schools, universities, vocational schools even the=20
Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Among those killed are a=20
lot of technicians, students, teachers.
Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging=20
funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support=20
personnel. Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport=20
facilities, hospitals, schools, universities, and electrical networks=20
had been damaged by the earthquake, which hampered rescue and aid=20
efforts; confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and=20
problems with prioritization of flights further complicated early=20
relief work. As rescues tailed off, supplies, medical care and=20
sanitation become priorities. Among them we also need to address=20
education on a mid term run. With a lot of destroyed schools and dead=20
teachers e-learning can be a good way to overcome this problem.
Deliverables and criteria for close-out
The projects has 2 majors deliverables:
1. Providing financial support to at least 50 technicians whose=20
houses have been destroyed during the seism. The idea is getting them=20
a job so they don=E2=80=99t have to worry about their family basic needs =
and=20
keeping them on their workplace
2. Setup mobile IT community centers to provide IT services to=20
schools and universities.
3. Contents production for e-learning
The project boundaries: This project aims to provide technical support=20
to teachers helping them putting their courses online or on DVD and=20
make it available for remote schools or schools whose teachers have=20
been killed during the quake. Data Center in a box will facilitate=20
access to those courses by the students. Project will be conducted in=20
joint venture with the Ministry of Education that will define the=20
priority based on must affected area and teacher availability.
The main risks: The main risk of this project is not having enough=20
funds to address all the needs in supporting the schools in producing=20
online courses because it=E2=80=99s a well-known fact that in schools in =
Haiti=20
adopted their own curriculum ignoring sometimes the official one. The=20
second concern
Stakeholders:
Client(sponsor): Ministry of Education
Project Manager: Reynold Guerrier
Project Team: Reynold Guerrier, Max Larson Henry,
Steering committee: Reynold Guerrier, St=C3=A9phane Bruno, Sergey Gaillar=
d,=20
Roque Gagliano, Max Larson Henry
Other Stakeholders: Local ISP, LACNIC, ISOC, IDB
Budget and resources: ($, people, equipment, facilities, software, etc.)
* 100,000.00 USD for salaries to support technicians and their=20
family to get them back on track
* 5 contents production units
* Production software
* Management software
* 10 data center in a box
Milestones
Date Key deliverables
Feb-March 2010: Financial support to technicians and families
March 2010: Data center in a box
March-August 2010: Implementation period
Bank Account Info:
Bank: SOGEBANK
Bank Address : Route de Delmas, Delmas 29, Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Account Number: 130212988
Swift code : SOGHHTPP
Beneficiary : Association Ha=C3=AFtienne pour le D=C3=A9veloppement des=20
Technologies de l=E2=80=99Information et de la Communication
Beneficiary Address: 18, rue Moise, P=C3=A9tion-Ville, HAITI
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People interesting in working in Haiti can send me a skills and=20
availability statement too, but what is needed soonest is a budget=20
that can be applied to existing backfill cash needs passed through the=20
AHTIC.
Eric
