Ars Electronica Festival · 2010
BOSCO-Uganda (Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach)
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🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2010
“BOSCO-Uganda (Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach)” by Www.bosco-uganda.org Www.bosco-uganda.wikispaces.net received a Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2010.
“Bosco - Uganda” (Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach) connects war-torn and isolated camps that were formerly for internally displaced persons (IDPs) (now village trading centers) to a network of communication stations.
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"Bosco" founders first traveled to Uganda in 2004 and connected with local leaders in the Archdiocese of Gulu in northern Uganda. The first pilot phase of “Bosco” in seven IDP camps near Gulu, Uganda, began in April 2007.
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