[imc-tech-solidarity] Fw: [Imc-finance] tech solidarty in brasil

[Luis]

Just forwarding it here. | Apenas repassando.

Luis.

----- Original Message -----
From: "mic"
To: imc-finance
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: [Imc-finance] tech solidarty in brasil


| hello
| a funding proposal for the solidarity project in brasil is attached and
| pasted below.  thanks,
| mic
|
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| Summary
| The Tech Solidarity Project works to ship containers of computers to
| Indymedia centers and social movements in the global south to build
| popular communication capacity.  Our first shipment arrived in Quito and
| has been distributed to indymedia, community radio stations, social
| movements, and grassroots  NGO's.  A second shipment of computers is ready
| to be sent to Brazil.  We are currently raising funds and working on the
| international paperwork for this second shipment.
|
| BackGround
| The lack of computers available to civil society in Latin America has been
| a large hindrance to realizing the benefits of an information society
| experienced in more developed countries.  The computers are mostly
| 100-500mhz PCs that have been built from recycled computer components
| discarded in the United States.
|
| Over 220 computers have had a Spanish language version of Linux installed
| on them in Berkeley and Portland and are currently stored in the Bay Area,
| prepared to be shipped via container ship to Brazil.
| This computers will then be shipped overland to Argentina, Bolivia, and
| Uruguay working with prearranged receiving NGO's.  The computers will be
| used to produce newspapers, websites and video documentaries, establish
| training centers, and further develop the network of communications across
| the hemisphere.
|
| Budget
| Computers, printers, networking tools...        $0 (paper value $100,000)
| Shipping from Oakland to Santos                 $2375, 40 foot container
| Shipping within South America and Customs Fees  $3000
| Storage and shipment within the US              $2340
|
|                                Total cost:      $7715
|                                Funds Raised:    $2800
|                                Funds In Brazil: $1000
|                                Funds Needed:    $3915
|
| Indymedia Brazil has $1000 from the World Social Forum 2003. We propose
| that instead of returning that money to the IMC global fund we use it to
| cover costs in Brazil and getting the computers to Argentina, Bolivia, and
| Uruguay.  This means we need an additional $3275 from the IMC Global funds
| to fund this project.
|
| We have done extensive fundraising and solicited donations through the
| website. This has raised substantial portion of the funds but we have not
| been able to cover all the costs. This project will be bringing computers
| in to the hands of indymedia and globalization activists at a cost of $32
| per computer.
|
|
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| "What we're really talking about is that people in the movement have a
| socialist agenda. They are anti-corporate. That's way beyond radio and
| broadcasting."
|
| -Jason Kane, Regional Vice President of Programming for Clear Channel
| Communications
|
|
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Summary
The Tech Solidarity Project works to ship containers of computers to 
Indymedia centers and social movements in the global south to build 
popular communication capacity.  Our first shipment arrived in Quito and 
has been distributed to indymedia, community radio stations, social 
movements, and grassroots  NGO's.  A second shipment of computers is ready 
to be sent to Brazil.  We are currently raising funds and working on the 
international paperwork for this second shipment.

BackGround
The lack of computers available to civil society in Latin America has been 
a large hindrance to realizing the benefits of an information society 
experienced in more developed countries.  The computers are mostly 
100-500mhz PCs that have been built from recycled computer components 
discarded in the United States.

Over 220 computers have had a Spanish language version of Linux installed 
on them in Berkeley and Portland and are currently stored in the Bay Area, 
prepared to be shipped via container ship to Brazil.
This computers will then be shipped overland to Argentina, Bolivia, and 
Uruguay working with prearranged receiving NGO's.  The computers will be 
used to produce newspapers, websites and video documentaries, establish 
training centers, and further develop the network of communications across 
the hemisphere.

Budget
Computers, printers, networking tools...    	$0 (paper value $100,000)
Shipping from Oakland to Santos    	 	$2375 for 40 foot container
Shipping within South America and Customs Fees  $3000
Storage and shipment within the US           	$2340 

                               Total cost:   	$7715
                               Funds Raised:  	$2800
                               Funds In Brazil:	$1000
                               Funds Needed:   	$3915

Indymedia Brazil has $1000 from the World Social Forum 2003. We propose 
that instead of returning that money to the IMC global fund we use it to 
cover costs in Brazil and getting the computers to Argentina, Bolivia, and 
Uruguay.  This means we need an additional $3275 from the IMC Global funds 
to fund this project.

We have done extensive fundraising and solicited donations through the 
website. This has raised substantial portion of the funds but we have not 
been able to cover all the costs. This project will be bringing computers 
in to the hands of indymedia and globalization activists at a cost of $32 
per computer.