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Monday, December 08, 2003
Switched on Kenya - Stephen Mbogo, Tech Central Station
Tucked away within the mountainous savannah land inhabited by the Maasai community in Kenya is a square-shaped one-story building, among the many semi-urban structures dotting the Narok town, a semi-urban center signifying the result of Maasai's cultural interaction with modernity. The small building -- like its not-so-distant neighbor, the world-renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve -- has brought global significance to Maasai land. In here, more than 100 computers are connected to the Internet via a satellite link, a resource center for modern day and cultural education serving more than 20,000 local people, and 400 young women from disadvantaged families, using information communication technology (ICT) to secure their future.... Once the center's distance learning program starts in early January, students and the people of Narok area will be able to study degree programs from the comfort of their classrooms, their homes and in open savannahs while herding their cattle, sheep and goats.
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