Syndicate: FW: NairoBitsNews # 1

["Darko Fritz" <dfritz@xs4all.nl>]

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# 1 - 16 January 2000

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C O N T E N T S


1 - Only two weeks to go...

2 - A whole new web site

3 - What's happening next


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1 - Only two weeks to go...

NairoBits is finally about to start after one year of
preparation. The official beginning in Nairobi is January
31st 2000! After a whole year of preparations, from
establishing contacts with African and Dutch partners,
setting up a foundation, opening bank accounts and
developing creative programs, the real excitement is about
to begin. All computers are boxed and ready for departure.
Emer Beamer, Hester Ezra and Fiona Whelan, would like to
be boxed and ready for departure but they are still
running around Amsterdam arranging things at the last
minute. They arrive in Nairobi January 21st.
This has all been made possible by all the sponsors to whom
we are extremely grateful, the full list of sponsors is on
the web site: http://www.nairobits.org . We hope you are as
enthusiastic as we are and will be watching online as the
project takes wings.

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2 - A whole new web site

The NairoBits web site has been updated!! Check out our
brand new site at http://www.nairobits.org ! Lots of new
things have been added. You can for instance leave your
comments in our guest book, or join a discussion with lots
of people from around the world - but that also depends on
you! Furthermore, you can read everything about the project
and the participants from Kenya, Ireland and the
Netherlands. You can also see the results of our day at the
Child Rights Festival in Utrecht, the Netherlands, where
kids drew pictures and thoughts for the youth in Nairobi.
As you are reading this newsletter, you are probably online,
or at least at a place where you can surf - so take your
chance!

Site:
http://www.nairobits.org
Guest book:
http://www.nairobits.org/guestbook
Discussion:
http://www.nairobits.org/forum
Child Rights Festival:
http://www.nairobits.org/childrights

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3 - What's happening next!

In every newsletter, we will pay attention to upcoming
events, which can be visited physically or followed online
via the web site.

  * 31 January : official opening of NairoBits
This will take place in Nairobi. The NairoBits crew, as
well as the 20 members from youth organization MYSA who
will participate in the workshops and representatives of
several organizations involved in NairoBits will be present
at this festive occasion.

  * 4 February - 31 March : workshops
In February and March, 20 members from MYSA will take part
in workshops in Nairobi. From the 4th of February, we will
be updating the web site daily with new creations resulting
from these workshops. We want your feedback, let us know
what you think!

  * From 7 February : virtual exchange
>From the 7th of February, a virtual exchange will take place
between youth from Nairobi, Dublin and Amsterdam. The three
groups will build a virtual village on a deserted island
together.

  * 31 March : opening exhibition
An exhibition about NairoBits will be held in the National
Museum in Nairobi. The opening of this exhibition, on the
31th of March, will be broadcast live on internet by
"De Digitale Stad".

In the next issues of NairoBitsNews, you will find more
detailed information about place, date and time of these
activities.


More info on the exchange:
http://www.nairobits.org/getthevibes
De Digitale Stad:
http://www.dds.nl

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C O L O F O N


NairoBitsNews is the newsletter of the multimedia project
NairoBits, and is sent about once a month to those who are
on our mailinglist. More information on NairoBits can be
found on http://www.nairobits.org . If you have any
questions about the project, you can send an e-mail to
info@nairobits.org or write a letter to NairoBits,
Rustenburgerstraat 405/1, 1072 GW Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.

Editor:
Maaike Fekkes, maaike@nairobits.org .
Archive:
All issues of NairoBitsNews can be found on
http://www.nairobits.org/newsletter .
Comments:
If you have any comments or suggestions regarding
NairoBitsNews, or if you want to contribute to
NairoBitsNews, please write an e-mail to
newsletter@nairobits.org .
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