Natavillage.org finally gets the laptop!!!
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Thanks go out again to the anonymous donor who provided the funds for our very own laptop. It is an HP 500 with DVD and CD writer. We couldnt be more pleased. I think Mr. Tiro is breathing a sigh of relief that he finally can call his laptop his own. For the past 9 months, Mr. Tiro has allowed us to use his laptop so we all owe him a lot. He never once complained and often put his own work on hold so we could try and try to access our server. It can take us hours just to send one post. Nothing in Nata is easy. It took a journey of 1420 miles just to buy this laptop!! We first went the 350 miles to Gaborone only to find they were sold out. We then put in a special order to a store in Maun and when we went the 180 miles to pick it up, we discovered the order never came in. It was on our third attempt that we struck pay dirt. We bought the laptop in Kasane (180 miles from Nata) from Kasane Computers. They made a special order for us from South Africa. We want to give a big thank you to Tienne and Karen who gave us a great price and even threw in some free software. They realize we are a non profit and did there best to get us the computer we wanted at a great price. Tienne also helped us to set up the laptop and gave us a lot of useful tips. Thank you guys so much!!
Compliments for the new season to you all. It's been great to host the website and all the effort you put to get it going. One wish is next time try and include as much locals as ever, not this sort of selection type contribution. You are in close proximity to the Botswana Ash mine but you seem not involve it's employees yet some of us are from nata. The secret is to mobilise all rather than mobilse a few whose contributions will become routine when all has been exosted. Well done last year and hope you get us all involved for better 2007. I as an IT professional has got loads to offer for the success of your site. Bye!
Posted by: Spencer Tiego | January 10, 2007 at 05:40 AM
thank u for helping fellow batswana who are in desperate need. we need people like you to reach vision 2016 objectives. congradulations
Posted by: mpho pholo | March 12, 2007 at 09:24 AM