<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Chris!<br><br></div>I highly recommend reaching out to <a href="http://gemsi.org">GEMSI</a> [Global Entrepreneurship and Maker Space Initiative]. They're doing great work helping to bootstrap and foster collaboration between Morocco to Baghdad, Nigeria, Togo and beyond :)<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Christopher Douglas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cwjdouglas@gmail.com" target="_blank">cwjdouglas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Hackerspace.org Community,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings from Austin, Texas!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m working on some projects in South Sudan, one of those being the start of a Maker/Hackerspace in the capital city of Juba. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Maker/Hacker movement is catching on in some African countries as a way to make things they need (e.g. farm implements, repair vehicles), start businesses (e.g. woodworking, solar fruit dryers) and support community development projects (e.g. water purifiers, Raspberry Pi computers for classrooms, alternative cooking/lighting fuels).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">An important step is helping South Sudanese “Makers” connect with their counterparts in the global community, especially those with experience with these kinds of projects and in African countries or post-conflict environments.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I think this can do some real good, and if anyone has any suggestions or questions, drop me a line.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Chris D.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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