Connecting developing countries online
    Imagine a community of farmers in Ghana accessing a communal computer for the first time. The $100 laptop serves 300 people within this community.

    The leader of the farming community logs onto Linqia and searches for farming communities specializing in wheat. Linqia finds 18 communities – one of which is a community of scientists representing the CSIRO in Australia. The Ghana community leader sees an icon supporting mentorship of communities in the developing world within the profile of the CSIRO.

    A connection request is sent to the community leader of the CSIRO requesting specific assistance and information exchange on the topic of wheat and how to maximize the harvest amidst drought conditions. Both community leaders connect and the CSIRO community leader sends a message to the 326 members of his community reaching out for interest in offering information and exchange on this topic. 8 scientists enter the online community of Ghana farmers and introduce themselves starting to read forum postings, asking more questions and responding to existing posts.

    This exchange continues for months and valuable information is passed onto the farmers who are able to extract far more from their crops bringing greater revenue and celebration into the community. The CSIRO scientists hear about these results and share their experience with their peers. More scientists join the community of farmers in Ghana and connect with people they would never have considered helping.
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    25.09.2008, Maria Sipka, 0 Comments
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    Since the age of 18, Maria’s vision was to become financially independent so she could do ‘what she wanted, when she wanted, where she wanted and with whom she wanted’. A bit selfish when you think about it...

    Although she achieved this to a certain extent, Maria realized at the age of 28 that life was not all about making money.

    In search of what living a balanced life meant’, she discovered that the happiest people on earth were those who had a much higher purpose than themselves and they were giving back to society using the gifts they uncovered with in themselves.

    Maria also became involved with The Hunger Project which delved into the most hungriest villages in the world, setup an epicenter built by the locals, identified a circle of village catalysts (in most cases women), shifted their mind set, gave them access to micro finance and taught them entrepreneurial skills. Within five years, THP team would leave the village and move on to the next hungry village.

    Combining Maria’s passion for entrepreneurship, social networking, corporate social responsibility and technology Linqia was born from a social vision. The platform is set to become the vehicle to simultaneously setup a powerful distribution channel for profit and for making a difference to the lives of millions of people on the planet enabling them access to people, information and opportunities through online communities and groups.


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