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| '''BOSCO''' stands for '''B'''attery '''O'''perated '''S'''ystems for '''C'''ommunity '''O'''utreach
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| '''The BOSCO Uganda Relief Project''' has developed a plan to provide internet access and Voice Over IP Telephone access in 20 of 53 of the [[Internally displaced persons]] ([[IDP]]) camps in Gulu, Northern Uganda. These camps were developed with the intent to provide safety in numbers, but the conditions in these camps are inhumane.
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| BOSCO Wi-Fi array at Pabbo IDP camp serves 80,000 people with internet access, [[VoIP international phone service]], and educational and economic opportunity.
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| Sadly, 95% of the people in this area are living in absolute [[poverty]] and are unable to tap the vast [[natural resources]] of the area. Currently, 2 million people are living (and starving) in these IDP camps in the provinces of Gulu, Kitgum, and Pader. The goal of their project, code named BOSCO: Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach, is to give these forgotten children a voice. This technology will link these people to the outside world and allow them to become their own advocates.
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| For more information on BOSCO see [http://www.bosco-uganda.org/index.html]
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| [[Category:Knowledge]]
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| [[Category:Information_technology]]
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