30/12/2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We wish all our friends and supporters a new year filled with good health and happiness.
We thank you for a pleasant working relationship in the year gone by.
The Linux4Afrika Team
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21/12/2009
Dear members and friends of Pamodzi,
it is done! The container with the goods is on its way to Malawi.
We would like to thank all our supporter, also in the name of the schools, hospitals and the children of the orphanage, who are already looking forward to receive the goods: Zikomo kwambiri!
Zawadi's flight is now booked for 20th January and he will further look after official formalities and distribution of the goods in Malawi. So the story will be continued from Malawi...
We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Anja Haug
Pamodzi e.V.
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06/12/2010
FreiOSS weekend in Schönwald in the Black Forest; December 4 – 6, 2009
The „traditional“ FreiOSS weekend took place in Schönwald in the the Black Forest from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December.
When everybody had arrived on Friday it was time for dinner. Alex, Didi and Juri were the cooks who provided the whole group with delicious meals during the whole weekend...
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12/11/2009
For the second time Linux4Afrika received the award as UN Decade Project, this time for the UN-DECADE 2010/2011
On behalf of all active Linux4Afrika members Franz Epple (second chairman of FreiOSS) and Markus Feilner received the award from the jury of the German UNESCO commission.
The award was presented in Munich at the meeting of the Round Table of the UN Decade “Education for sustainable development“ (2004 – 2015). About 100 representatives of non-governmantal organizations, communities, governmental organizations and companies were invited by the Bavarian federal government to meet on 12 and 13 November.
In the UN Decade “Education for sustainable development“ outstanding projects are awarded and we are happy that our Linux4Afrika project is again part of these projects for the period 2010/2011.
Linux4Africa received a new document, another flag and a stamp which all show that Linux4Afrika is fully commited to “education for sustainable development“ of the UNESCO.
In the evening there was a banquet organized by the Bavarian federal government in which Markus Feilner could take part. Franz took the train back to Freiburg bringing the document, the flag and the stamp to our happy community.
See also
 http://www.linux-magazin.de
 http://www.bne-portal.de
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30/10/2009
Nairobi Update from Sr Emily
Dear Hans,
We are sending with this email a great thank you for the computers. I must admit that our lab looks smart and besides the program is relevant to our institution and to the level of the pupils learning and ability. The games that comes with it is also mind boggling and also fun. We are truly thankful.
Sad that Elina hasn't made it to come. She can only make it on the weekend and my weekend is full. We shall however plan to make a date that is convenient to all of our. My joy however, is that the lab is up and running.
Sorry it took so long to send the pictures. My schedule has been tight with so much going on. The national exam is one week away and this has kept me on toes. I will be sending you more photos.
Truly grateful,
Sr. Emily and the Pupils of St. Scholastica's Academy-Nairobi.

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18/10/2009
Mail from Marlon
Marlon is working for one year as a volunteer at Hilltop Empowerment Centre in South Africa. The manager of this centre Rommel Roberts had sent Marlon to our workshop last July as the centre applied for donated computers with Linux4Africa. Linux4Africa as well as Rommel Roberts in South Africa are making arrangements for the shipment of a container. We hope that the computers will arrive in South Africa while Marlon is still there.

Here is Marlon's report:
Hello,
things are going super here. I'm in Ravinia, the township of Joubertina. In the township there live only coloureds and a couple of xhosas. The wealthy and whites live in Joubertina. Most of the families here can't dream of a computer. Therefore I'm glad that I can give the children access to PCs in the morning at school, particularly as computer literacy will be required in each higher paid job when they are older.
In the afternoon I teach two groups of adults. So I'm at school from 8 to 8. On the weekends all kinds of people who have computer problems ask me. Most of the time I can help them also due to the preparation by Linux4Africa. The PCs which I'm using are really lousy. There are enormous virus problems here, so using Linux will be a great success. At the end of the year whole Ravinia will use Linux.
The problem is: no Internet, and if there is Internet access it's very slow. So I have to do without downloads. I and Ravinia are waiting eagerly for the Linux computers from Linux4Africa.
I'm sending two pictures as attachment.
The PCs from Linux4Africa will be a big hit here !!!!
Regards
Marlon

14/07/2009
From the two youngest workshop participants
Hello,
we, Paul and Marlon, are going to South Africa in September to do a one-year voluntary service. The Organisation that we are working with is called “The Hilltop Empowerment Centre” and is based in the EasternCape region. It will be our task to teach basic computer literacy to young people. As this Organisation thinks about using linux systems instead of costly windows systems for its many computer centers, we are staying here in Freiburg to take part in a seminar about server systems using linux. We have learned a lot and we’re looking forward to make full use of our newly got skills in South Africa. We’ve had a lot of fun and all the other participants are great. Thanks to Linux4Afrika and the Hilltop Centre for giving us such an excellent opportunity!
Marlon and Paul
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28/06/2009
Press Release regarding  strategic cooperation of three communities
Declaration of cooperation: Linux4Afrika, Skolelinux.de and x2go
As part of FreiOSS.net, Linux4Afrika had been collecting and overhauling used hardware since 2006, in order to send it to school projects in Africa. So far, several containers each filled with 200 pc,  monitors, keyboards and mice has been sent to Tanzania. The next recipients will be schools in Kenia, Äthiopia and Malawi.
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19/06/2009
Putzaktion für Malawi und Kenia
Für die nächsten Lieferungen wurde am Samstag im Freiburger Lager kräftig geputzt. Dank an alle Helfer und Franz für die tolle Kartoffelsuppe!
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19/04/2009
Computerspende der SPD Bundestagsfraktion
In der vergangenen Woche haben Michael, Thomas und Hans-Peter in Berlin 50 ausrangierte Rechner und TFT Displays der SPD Bundestagsfraktion für Linux4Afrika in Empfang genommen und nach Freiburg ins Lager transportiert.
Herzlichen Dank an dieser Stelle der SPD für die großzügige Spende, an Herrn Weirauch für die super Abwicklung der Übergabe und die interessante Führung durch den Bundestag. Dank auch an die Firma Manfred Schmelzer GmbH für die kostenlose Überlassung des Transporters und nicht zuletzt Dank an Michael, Thomas und HP für's Abholen.
Die Rückfahrt nutzten die Freiburger auch für ein Treffen mit Tobias und Bea vom Linux4Afrika Team Leipzig und Shemsu Sultan vom Verein Städtepartnerschaft Leipzig Addis Abeba e.V.

02/04/2009
Schulen für Afrika
Projekt  "Schulen für Tansania" wird die Linux4Afrika x2go-Lösung einsetzen. Hier gibt es einen Bericht von Frank Müller über das bemerkenswerte Projekt, das wir gerne unterstützen...
  "Zum Bericht"