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Kasulu and Mtabila Internet Project
Key Numbers
Community members trained and Center usage (to June, 2003)
Office software: 200+
International Computer Drivers License: 40+
Cisco Certified Network Associates: 22
Center users per week in Mtabila: 400+
Center users per week in Kasulu: 700+
Mtabila Refugee Camp
Population: 50,000
Annual per capita income: -----
Life expectancy at birth: 42 years
Secondary school enrollment: 7.1%
Illiteracy rate: 52%
HIV rate: 11.3%
Fixed telephone lines: none
Mobile phone service: none
Internet access options: VSAT
Mtabila CIC
Equipment: 10 Pentium-class computers + flat screen monitors (low energy usage) + networked printer
Power supply: 48 x 75-watt BP solar panels + 24 x 2-volt Hawker batteries = 20 kWh of electricity for 10 hours of center usage per day
Internet: I-Way 1.2 meter dish and equipment delivering @ 25 kbps up and @ 125 kbps down
Town of Kasulu
Population: 28,000
Annual per capita income: $270
Life expectancy at birth: 44.4 years
Secondary school enrollment: 5.3%
Illiteracy rate: 24.9%
HIV rate: 8.1%
Fixed telephone lines: 15
Mobile phone service: within town limits since September, 2002
Internet access options: VSAT. Fixed telephone lines @ 9 kbps.
Kasulu Teacher Training College CIC
Equipment: 10 Pentium-class computers + 10 486-class computers + 5 Pentium-class Cisco Academy computers (total: 25 computers) + networked printers
Power supply: 10 cows supply a 50 cubic meter biogas digestion system connected to a generator, which in turn powers the CIC. Methane from the biogas digesters provides 70% of the generator's total 6 kWh output.
Internet: I-Way 1.2 meter dish and equipment delivering @ 25 kbps up and @ 125 kbps down |
