A Malian man writes an article for the Fula language Wikipedia in the Geekcorps Mali headquarters.

Geekcorps is a non-profit organization that sends people with technical skills to developing countries to assist in computer infrastructure development. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Infrastructure typically refers to the technical structures that support a society such as Roads Water supply, Wastewater, Power grids It is a division of the International Executive Service Corps which "promotes economic growth in the developing world by sending highly skilled technology volunteers to teach communities how to use innovative and affordable information and communication technologies to solve development problems. International Executive Service Corps is an American private Not-for-profit organization. " Founded in 2000 by Ethan Zuckerman in North Adams, Massachusetts, its head office is now located in Washington, D.C.

Its first program was in Ghana. Ethan Zuckerman was a co-founder of Tripodcom, a Web hosting enterprise and later founder of Geekcorps. North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the

In 2005, Geekcorps' largest overseas project was based in Mali, with headquarters in Bamako. Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. Bamako, population 1690471 (2006 is the Capital and largest city of Mali, and currently estimated to be the fastest growing city in The project is mainly working with radio stations, but is also involved in the development of local language resources, including an edition of Wikipedia in Bambara. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. ***************************************************************************************** * * Bambara, also known as Bamanankan in the language itself is a Language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people (including second language users

See also

• Wayan Vota

External links

• Geekcorps' Website (French version available)
• Geekcorps Mali's website
• Geekcorps Mali's wiki (mainly in French)
• Geekcorps in Mali