Taking computers to rural India (BBC)

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By Harsh Kabra
Pune

Kalyan, a thickly-forested village located in western Indian state of Maharashtra, did not have a telephone connection until about six years ago.

Then one day in 2001, the village's only secondary school received a computer as a gift.
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But a few months later, when the crew of an American news channel visited the village, they were impressed by the ease with which Shraddha was using the computer.
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Mr Lokhande has gifted more than 450 used computers, obtained from organisations and individual donors, to secondary schools in rural Maharashtra.

"Issues like English language keyboards or frequent power outages do not deter these rural computer enthusiasts," says Mr Lokhande.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6994677.stm

A story worth reading to see how much difference one person can make.

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1. Gotta love adversity-overcoming hard working folks. Wherever they may be.