{"id":319,"date":"2003-03-20T15:15:46","date_gmt":"2003-03-20T13:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=319"},"modified":"2003-03-20T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2003-03-20T13:15:46","slug":"bridgeorg-case-study-geekcorps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2003\/03\/20\/bridgeorg-case-study-geekcorps\/","title":{"rendered":"bridge.org Case Study: GeekCorps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"bridges.org - case studies and bridge builders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridges.org\/iicd_casestudies\/geekcorps\/index.html\">bridges.org &#8211; case studies and bridge builders<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my favourite on-line references on ict 4 development (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridges.org\/\">bridges.org<\/a>, has a case study on one of my favourite ict ngo&#8217;s, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekcorps.org\">GeekCorps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><bq>The bridges.org IICD Case Study Series on ICT-Enabled Development sets out to illustrate how information and communication technology (ICT) contributes to development in Africa. 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