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What I saw in Africa

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Mike

The date label on the baby said 12/07/2017, 10.48 am. She had been born just a few minutes before and weighed 3,6 kilograms. We had wrapped her in a kanga that her mother had brought with her to the hospital Continue reading What I saw in Africa→

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A rural college gets a digital medical library

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Mike

Nearly two years in the making, a digital medical library at the Tabora Institute in Tanzania, has become a reality. The Tabora Institute is a medical college whose doors opened to students in September of 2016 just outside of Nzega Continue reading A rural college gets a digital medical library→

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Two worlds revealed

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Mike

Earlier in June something extraordinary happened. The PeerCorps Trust Fund assisted in the facilitation of a virtual meeting between teen girls in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA) and Kisumu, Kenya. The US-based students came from various high schools in the greater Continue reading Two worlds revealed→

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PeerCorps in Japan

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Mike

In early August PeerCorps-CIPCS Director Mike Wilson was invited as an official observer in the Safe Community site visit for the city of Izomiotsu, Japan. The city of Izomiotsu is located in the southern part of Osaka and has a Continue reading PeerCorps in Japan→

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TDLI partners with Wilson Global Initiative!

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Mike

The Tanzanian Digital Library Initiative (TDLI) team are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with the Wilson Global Initiative (WGI). WGI is an international charity whose mission is to “educate people around the world to stop illiteracy”. WGI has Continue reading TDLI partners with Wilson Global Initiative!→

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Secondary students in Kisumu, Kenya get digital library

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Mike

This June, over 650 students at the St. Ignatius Loyola Secondary School in Kisumu, Kenya, obtained access to more than 40,000 books and educational resources via its new digital library. The school’s location in Manyatta District, is one of the Continue reading Secondary students in Kisumu, Kenya get digital library→

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MSI contributes computer hardware to digital library effort!

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Mike

The PeerCorps Trust Fund and the Tanzanian Digital Library Initiative are extremely excited to announce that MSI has contributed two server motherboards to the digital library effort! MSI (Micro-Star International Co.), is a multinational information technology corporation headquartered in New Continue reading MSI contributes computer hardware to digital library effort!→

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New PeerCorps data sheds light on injury in rural Tanzania

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Mike

The PeerCorps Centre for Injury Prevention and Community Safety has just published the preliminary findings from a 2014 pilot-scale injury surveillance project. The hospital-based effort was carried out in Nzega, Tanzania. These types of studies are of particular importance when Continue reading New PeerCorps data sheds light on injury in rural Tanzania→

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Library in Malawi in dire need of assistance (45,000 books destroyed in fire)

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Mike

Over 45 000 books destroyed in a fire at Mzuzu University Library: Urgent request for assistance From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Regional Office for Africa: In an unfortunate incident of a fire that broke out Continue reading Library in Malawi in dire need of assistance (45,000 books destroyed in fire)→

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Areca Corp. Sponsors Digital Library Efforts

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Mike

The Areca Technology Corporation designs and manufactures storage products for high performance computing. The company’s storage products include RAID controllers, related software and device drivers. We are extremely excited to announce that the Areca Corporation has contributed two of its Continue reading Areca Corp. Sponsors Digital Library Efforts→

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