The Bill Gates Foundation will help Lithuania and Latvia
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the launch of a new charity program. It is similar to the Soros grants known in the past and is aimed at eliminating the “digital divide” in developing countries through the organization of public and free Internet access points, the re-equipment of libraries and staff training.
The total budget of the new program is $ 328 million, and the first countries to receive funding from Bill Gates are Latvia and Lithuania .
Latvia
More than 80% of Latvian public libraries are connected to the Internet, but in rural areas the quality of communication is rather poor. Gates Foundation is going to allocate $ 16.2 million for assistance to Latvian villagers
As part of the program, in 874 Latvian libraries, up to 2008, 3833 new computers will be installed and connected to the Internet, and for 17 libraries this will be the first connection. At least three broadband and wireless computers will be installed in each library.
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More than 1,400 librarians will receive special training on how to work effectively with information technology.
The Latvian Parliament has allocated an additional $ 21 million to finance this program, and the Microsoft Latvia division will install software worth $ 7.9 million on computers (perhaps, under the terms of the agreement, it cannot be removed).
Lithuania
Lithuania at the first stage will receive a relatively modest grant in the amount of $ 220,396 for training librarians.
Today, only 37% of Lithuanian homes have computers, only a third of households are connected to the Internet. The state made sure that all citizens could go to the Internet from the library, but at least half of the librarians do not have the appropriate qualifications. Therefore, right now the Gates Foundation cannot put computers there. During 2007, personnel training will take place, and then the second part of the grant for the supply of equipment for thousands of libraries will be allocated.
In addition to Lithuania and Latvia, the Gates Foundation will also finance the African state of Botswana. Over the next seven years, another 12 to 15 countries will receive help from Gates.
As you know, Bill Gates is one of the most generous philanthropists of our time, and the budget of his charitable foundation is estimated at $ 32 billion. For the sake of his foundation, he is going to completely leave Microsoft in the near future. Now he occupies an honorary position there, but he has already left office.
The total budget of the new program is $ 328 million, and the first countries to receive funding from Bill Gates are Latvia and Lithuania .
Latvia
More than 80% of Latvian public libraries are connected to the Internet, but in rural areas the quality of communication is rather poor. Gates Foundation is going to allocate $ 16.2 million for assistance to Latvian villagers
As part of the program, in 874 Latvian libraries, up to 2008, 3833 new computers will be installed and connected to the Internet, and for 17 libraries this will be the first connection. At least three broadband and wireless computers will be installed in each library.
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More than 1,400 librarians will receive special training on how to work effectively with information technology.
The Latvian Parliament has allocated an additional $ 21 million to finance this program, and the Microsoft Latvia division will install software worth $ 7.9 million on computers (perhaps, under the terms of the agreement, it cannot be removed).
Lithuania
Lithuania at the first stage will receive a relatively modest grant in the amount of $ 220,396 for training librarians.
Today, only 37% of Lithuanian homes have computers, only a third of households are connected to the Internet. The state made sure that all citizens could go to the Internet from the library, but at least half of the librarians do not have the appropriate qualifications. Therefore, right now the Gates Foundation cannot put computers there. During 2007, personnel training will take place, and then the second part of the grant for the supply of equipment for thousands of libraries will be allocated.
In addition to Lithuania and Latvia, the Gates Foundation will also finance the African state of Botswana. Over the next seven years, another 12 to 15 countries will receive help from Gates.
As you know, Bill Gates is one of the most generous philanthropists of our time, and the budget of his charitable foundation is estimated at $ 32 billion. For the sake of his foundation, he is going to completely leave Microsoft in the near future. Now he occupies an honorary position there, but he has already left office.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4768/
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