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=Technology is connected to the way people live= [|Remote village technology in Laos] Article describing The Jhai Foundation's Remote IT Village project which has been set up to improve communication with outside world [|The Jhai Foundation and its projects] "Why should we introduce computers to schools in Laos?" [|Remote village electrification based on straight-run vegetable oil] Promotion of Bio-fuels for energizing remote villages in India - this project was nominated in 2007 for a World Clean Energy Award. This site details benefits of the project to local communities [|Wireless internet links highland community to the world] Broadband internet access comes to remote villages in the mountains of northern Vietnam [|India developing biometric ATM for remote villages] Easy access to cash for villagers [|Sakten Valley] Everyday life in the remote Sakten Valley region of Bhutan [|Bhutan gets a taste of Windows] BBC News article describing how a new font is enabling inhabitants of Bhutan to send emails, etc. Bhutan is a small kingdom in the eastern Himalayas [|Kodiak Island] Wikipedia article about Kodiak Island, Alaska. [|Mobile telephony to reach 400,000 people in remote African villages] Brief news story [|Engineers Without Borders bring tech to villages without power] Brief news article about a wind turbine project which will bring power to people in Guatemala [|Guatemala] Wikipedia article about this South American country [|Mobile phone projects - Third World] Brief news reports of various projects which have improved villagers' lives [|The dirt road to the Information Superhighway] German news article discusses how the Third World is going "hi-tech" [|Traditional village life in Indonesia] Educational resource for year 5 & 6 students