Phone Calls from Camps

John Boonstra - December 18, 2008 - 5:23 pm

Over the past week, 60,000 Congolese have fled across the border into Uganda. Nearly all of them have left loved ones behind and, with only impromptu infrastructure in camps, would have no way to communicate with them. Fortunately, the remarkable Telecoms sans Frontieres (TSF) -- whose excellent work we have highlighted before -- has been able to deploy practically immediately, providing free phone calls for families displaced by the recent violence. Check out this fascinating video of TSF on the ground, helping the 10,000 refugees in the town of Matanda, Uganda.

See more at Boing Boing, Non-Profit Tech Blog, and GOOD blog.

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