Female Bolivian Indigenous Leaders Receive New Tools for Lobbying

Each regional centre will receive four Ncomputing units in addition to the one computer that was already at the offices. This means that in regional centres now five women at a time can be trained in the use of the computer and internet. With their newly acquired internet skills, the women can use email or chat programs to talk to each other, stay informed, and participate in the debate about indigenous and political rights.

Saving time and money

A future possibility for the CIDOB project could also be remote maintenance. This way a technician can remotely access the computers in all four regional centres, saving money and (travel) time for the organisation.

Ncomputing is used at universities around the world.  The big advantage of the system is that multiple computer screens and keyboards run on one computer. This makes the system very energy efficient and does not require a lot of maintenance.

Representing 34 groups of indigenous people

CIDOB is a grass-roots organisation of indigenous people in Bolivia, operating through eight regional organisations and representing 34 indigenous people groups living in 1,500 communities with a total of 500,000 people in Bolivia . Thanks to the integration of ICT as part of their activities, CIDOB is now recognised as the indigenous organisation with the most experience in the effective use of ICT in Latin America.

CIDOB receives the extra computer units as part of a collaboration agreement between IICD and Ncomputing. This collaboration supports efforts of virtualisation  in Bolivia, Burkina Faso and Zambia.