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[Nairobits is a project that aims to make schoolkids in Nairobi, Kenya, familiar with new media and the internet. JB] - - - - - - - - N A I R O B I T S N E W S - - - - - - - - # 1 - 16 January 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] or write a letter to NairoBits, Rustenburgerstraat 405/1, 1072 GW Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Editor: Maaike Fekkes, [email protected] . 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 [email protected] . 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