Africa

Rwanda: Forests - District Officials Train in Hi-Tech Application
The National University of Rwanda's Centre for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (CGIS-NUR) has trained district officers on remote sensing and forests management techniques ahead the publication of the country's forests maps and database.

Africa: Bush Visit to Focus on Health, Education
United States President George W. Bush was scheduled Friday to begin a five-nation African tour designed to highlight his legacy on the continent. Bush is expected to visit Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia, where he will meet with each country's head of state and visit schools and community projects

Child campaign brings Freetown slum to Internet
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - From Monday, people all over the world can become virtual neighbours to the residents of a Sierra Leone slum, plagued by infant mortality and rampant disease, through an Internet campaign by the charity Save the Children. For the past two months the charity has had two people living in the Kroo Bay slum, which straddles what is in effect an open sewer in the capital Freetown, compiling footage and stories of the resident's daily struggle to survive. From this they have created a virtual reproduction of the community so that from Monday, by clicking through the charity's Web site at www.savethechildren.org.uk, people will be able to enter it interactively on the Internet.
Visita lo slum virtuale di Kroo Bay
Da oggi anche tu puoi provare a vivere (virtualmente) in una bidonville africana. L’associazione umanitaria Save the Children ha creato sul suo sito (www.savethechildren.org.uk) una riproduzione virtuale dello slum di Kroo Bay, vicino a Freetown, nel Sierra Leone. Il progetto è nato dalla testimonianza di due volontari che hanno vissuto per due mesi nella baraccopoli seguendo la vita e le attività dei bambini e della comunità.