BOSCO Uganda Relief Project

Overcoming Isolation Through Communication and Collaboration

Extra! News Flash - BOSCO Phase I Sucessfully Deployed - Details available on our News and Media Page!

BOSCO-Uganda is helping put an end to isolation caused by war. BOSCO-Uganda is providing an innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution to foster social and economical development and peace building in rural communities of northern Uganda. BOSCO is using a collaborative, web-based ICT training approach encouraging communication and collaboration for people living in isolated or war affected areas.

N Uganda needs a voice » Hear first hand accounts from N. Uganda

We have now -- along with a few partners -- provided internet access and Voice Over IP Telephone access in many of the formerly named Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Gulu, Northern Uganda. These camps were developed with the intent to provide safety in numbers, but the conditions in these camps are inhumane, with no provion for food, water, or communication without international aid. Sadly, 95% of the people in this area live in absolute poverty and are unable to tap the vast natural resources available in N. Uganda.

We have a plan » ICT Update Magazine Article

BOSCO-Uganda is building a collaborative network of users in rural locations (former IDP camps) and trading centers using low-power 12V DC PCs connected via low power, POE, solar battery powered Wi-Fi routers bringing long-range WiFi Internet, and local + international VoIP telephony to these sites. This technology is linking people to the outside world and is allowing them to articulate their own needs and find solutions to local community development problems.

Get Involved » Click here to view and download our presentation - BOSCO - an overview of progress to date!

Using the resources on this Web site, read more about our project to provide internet access and Voice Over IP Telephone access to millions of people in Northern Uganda.Then, if you feel you would like to be a a part of this work, consider giving a contribution, using the online form found here. You can contribute using the online Pay Pal form or pay by check; full instructions are given on the Make a Donation page.

If you know of any groups or companies that would like to hear a presentation regarding this situation and this initiative, please feel free to contact us. We can arrange to have a presentation sent to them on CD, or depending on their location and the size of the group, a personal meeting might be arranged. Should you have any further questions feel free to call (574-514-3281 anytime, or 574-255-1437 between 9 and 4:30 EST M-F), or send us an e-mail at tpethick@bosco-uganda.org

Together we are making a difference in the lives of these couragous people, in collaboration with the BOSCO-Uganda Relief Project.

See Our Solution » View and download our original presentation - Breaking the Silence: The BOSCO Uganda Relief Project

What Others Have to Say » OXFAM:Stories from the IDP Camps

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Click this image to view BOSCO's progress since Phase I completion, April 2007 in Gulu, Uganda »

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