Reducing the Digital Divide with not only local language computing but with rural telecenters as well in poor countries like Nepal

I have always enjoyed the discussion on the digital divide and taking computing from the hands of two percent that is able to write their names in English language to over 55% of Nepal's population that is literate in Nepali language. In doing so, with the language barrier now removed on computers, the next problem is taking the hardware to nearly 4,000 VDCs of Nepal which account for close to 15,000 villages.
In this context, Report of Swaabhimaan, the National Conference on rural telecenters in Nepal was released on June 2, 2006 amidst a function in Kathmandu where all the stakeholders cumulatively unveiled the report and made it public.Swaabhimaan Report embraces all the essential areas of discussion and the conclusions drawn at the Swaabhimaan 2062 conference. The discussions and indispensable points as put forward in all the plenary sessions and the final conclusions and suggestions at the wrap-up session have been exclusively compiled in this report. Final draft of the report was circulated among the Swaabhimaan Stakeholders and few meetings were also held to gather comments and suggestions from the Stakeholders on the report. We would like to thank all the Swaabhimaan Stakeholders for their comments on this report. After much scrutiny, Swaabhimaan Report has finally been published. The foremost section of the report describes the road map. A chapter has been dedicated keenly on all the essential details of each of the five plenary sessions and the final chapter exclusively illustrates the valuable suggestions and conclusions made at the wrap-up session at the Conference. Hopefully, the report will be able to keep the essence of the Conference alive and the direction of the mission forward.
Photographs of the event can be viewed here: http://www.culminisconnections.com/sites/FITNEPAL/Mission%20Swaabhimaan%20Consultation%20Meeting/Forms/AllItems.aspx

The softcopy of the report can be downloaded from
http://www.culminisconnections.com/sites/FITNEPAL/Mission%20Swaabhimaan/Forms/AllItems.aspx