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<pre wrap="">Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen auf der FoME-Liste,
möchte gerne unser Medienprojekt Tonga.Online (neu auch Tonga.OnAir) vorstellen, das im Gebiet der Tonga an der Grenze von Zimbabwe und Zambia angesiedelt ist. Dazu (unten) auch ein Text in Englisch von der website der Communication Initiative / Soul Beat Africa, die überhaupt eine interessante Quelle für Medienprojekte darstellt. <font
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</span></i></font></font></font>Aktuell geht es im Projekt um die Einrichtung eines drahtlosen Netzwerks WLAN von Computerzentren an Schulen in dem sehr abgelegenen Binga Distrikt in Zimbabwe und um verbesserte Kommunikation / Austausch über die Grenze bzw. den Kariba Stausee hinweg mit der Tonga Bevölkerung auf der zambischen Seite.
Gebe gerne weitere Info auf Anfrage,
mit freundlichen Grüssen aus Linz / Österreich
Peter Kuthan
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><b>Tonga.Online
/ Tonga.OnAir </b></span></font></font><font color="#0000ff"><u><a
href="http://www.mulonga.net/"><font size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><b>www.mulonga.net</b></span></font></a></u></font></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="de-DE">In
der Sprache des einheimischen Volkes der Tonga wird der Zambezi Strom
im Südlichen Afrika auch </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><i>Mulonga</i></span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="de-DE">,
der große Fluss genannt. Vor nunmehr 50 Jahren wurde dieser
Strom auf eine Länge von 280 Kilometer zum riesigen Kariba
Stausee zwischen dem damaligen Nord- und Südrhodesien, dem
heutigen Zambia und Zimbabwe aufgestaut. Das fruchtbare Flusstal als
Heimat und Lebensraum der Tonga wurde überflutet, die
Bevölkerung mit Gewalt in die Dürregebiete weiter Inland
umgesiedelt und damit in zeitweilig verfeindete Staaten auseinander
gerissen. </span></font></font>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="de-DE"><font
color="#000000"><font size="3">Die
Tonga haben diese desaströse Konfrontation mit dem modernen
Fortschritt nicht zuletzt aufgrund ihres starken Selbstbewusstseins
und ihrer einzigartigen Kultur - wie der Ngoma Buntibe Musik -
überlebt. </font></font>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="de-DE"><font
color="#000000"><font size="3">Heute
nehmen die Tonga die moderne Informationstechnologie als Werkzeug zu
Hilfe um ihrer Stimme und Musik deutlicher Gehör zu verschaffen
und um ihr kulturelles Erbe weiter zu entwickeln. </font></font>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="de-DE"><font
color="#000000"><font size="3">Das
Projekt Tonga.Online unterstützt den Aufbau eines lokalen
Netzwerks von Computerzentren an Schulen und eines Tonstudios in der
seit Jahrzehnten geteilten Community. Im Juli 2007 hat das Projekt
Tonga.OnAir eine erste Radiostation auf der zambischen Seite des
Stausees errichtet. </font></font>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><i>Mulonga.net</i></span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="de-DE">
steht damit für den verstärkten Kommunikationsfluss und
kulturellen Austausch, nicht nur unter den Tonga und über den
„Großen Fluss“ hinweg, sondern auch über den </span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><i>global
digital divide</i></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="de-DE">
ins weltweite Netz. </span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font
size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><i>Mulonga</i></span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font size="3"><span lang="de-DE">
steht aber auch für eine respektvolle interkulturelle Begegnung
zwischen Nord und Süd, die auf fairen Austausch Wert legt und
sich um nachhaltigen gemeinschaftlichen Nutzen bemüht.</span></font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="de-DE"><font
color="#000000"><font size="3">Angesichts
der zunehmenden Not und der vertieften politischen Krise in Zimbabwe
erweist sich der Zugang zu Information und Wissen mit Hilfe moderner
Technologie als nicht minder überlebenswichtig wie die
Versorgung mit den knapp gewordenen Nahrungsmitteln.</font></font></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="de-DE"><font
color="#000000"><font size="3">Das
Projekt wird in Kooperation von Kunzwana Trust, ARGE Zimbabwe
Freundschaft und HORIZONT3000 durchgeführt und durch die österr.
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Land Oberösterreich und ADA) sowie
private Förderer unterstützt.<br>
<br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="center"><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><i><b>Soul
Beat Africa </b></i></font></font></font>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="center"><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><b>Programme
Experiences: Tonga.Online - Zimbabwe </b></font></font></font>
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color="#000080"><!--htdig_noindex--></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i><span style=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.comminit.com/africa/">http://www.comminit.com/africa/</a><br>
Placed
on the Soul Beat Africa site February 09 2005.</span></i></font></font></font><font
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size="2"><i><span style="">Last
Updated January 13 2006.</span></i></font></font></font></p>
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face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Summary</b></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Tonga.Online
is a project that uses media, information and communication
technology (ICT) and art to address the development needs of Tonga
people living along the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Initiated
by the Austria Zimbabwe Friendship Association (AZFA) in Linz,
Austria, in close collaboration with Kunzwana Trust, Harare, the
project goal is to promote a Tonga voice on the internet and to
provide the Tonga minority with advanced information and
communication tools. <br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Main
Communication Strategies</b></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">The
Tonga.Online project uses technology to provide the marginalised
inhabitants of the Valley Tonga with opportunities to empower
themselves through the use of ICTs as vehicles for cultural exchange
and knowledge-sharing in educational and artistic
contexts.<br>
<br>
Concentrating on the district of Binga in Zimbabwe,
the project takes advantage of modern ICTs to establish direct
communication with and among the Tonga. This link was first
established temporarily via a mobile internet centre based on a lorry
that is being provided by the World Links for Development Programme
(WorLD), which reaches out to remote areas in developing countries
with an ICT training programme sponsored by the World Bank. According
to the organisers, by joining the global information and
communication technology, "the project addresses the social,
economic and political effects on local communities, where ever the
participants live (be it Siachilaba or Linz, Harare or Vienna)."
In the long run, “the Tonga are expected to use the new technology
independently and sustainably for their own purpose as a permanent
tool used in and based on a network of schools.” <br>
<br>
The web
portal, </font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><u>www.</u></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><u><a
href="http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://www.mulonga.net/"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">mulonga.net</font></font></a></u></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><u>,</u></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">
has provided a means for the development of a number of communication
tools and discussion forums involving the cultural exchange and
exposure of the Tonga people. Three schools, along with their own
websites, have been established as a result of the Tonga.Online
project. They are: the Syanzyundu ITC, the Siachilaba ITC, and the
Binga ITC - all of which provide training, materials and ICT
networking facilities, as well as access to fine arts facilities
including music recording and graphic design programmes. It is
envisaged that the project will extend its outreach "across the
waters" to the Zambian side of the Zambezi river or Lake Kariba.
<br>
<br>
The Tonga.Online project has also been responsible for the
creation of a newsletter that documents the progress of mulonga.net,
an online dictionary in Chitonga (the language of the Tonga people),
a series of online slide-shows of the Tonga.Online project, and the
LOOP (a streaming Emap.FM broadcast of a UK-based radio show playing
historical recordings of Valley Tonga music). <br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Development
Issues</b></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>
Education,
Youth, Rights, Technology.<br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Key
Points</b></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><br>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">This
project is motivated by the observation that "There are bright
young Tonga people hungry for knowledge and experience and it is
their right to receive and impart information. Those of us in urban
areas do not hold the intellectual property rights to information
tools; neither do we have the right to hold back providing tools to
people who want them. The computer generation belongs to all of
us."<br>
<br>
According to organisers, Tonga.Online serves to
bridge the gap in techonological development in Less-Developed
Countries (LDCs), and thus encourages an exchange of cultural and
intellectual goods that can empower the less fortunate and enrich the
empowered. “The project reflects the divide and uneven development
in the 'global village'. Its gaps and imbalances are not only a
question of resources but also of access and the capacity to use
modern communication tools. Access has become a crucial question of
political rights too.” <br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Partners</b></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><br>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Austria
Zimbabwe Friendship Association (Argezim/AZFA), Kunzwana Trust,
Horizont 3000, World Links for Development, VUM - AHS - Association
for Human Support. <br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>For
more information, contact:</b></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>
Peter
Kuthan<br>
Argezim/AZFA<br>
Karlhofstr.19<br>
A-4040<br>
Linz<br>
Austria<br>
Tel/Fax:
+43 732 700327<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="mailto:argezim@silverserver.at"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">argezim@silverserver.at</font></font></a></u></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://www.servus.at/argezim/"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">AZFA
website</font></font></a></u></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">
<br>
<br>
Pottar Muzamba<br>
Tonga.Online Project<br>
Binga High School<br>
P
Bag 5722<br>
Binga<br>
Zimbabwe<br>
Tel: +263 15
573<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="mailto:kunzwana@mweb.co.zw"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">kunzwana@mweb.co.zw</font></font></a></u></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://www.mulonga.net/"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">Tonga.Online
website</font></font></a></u></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">
<br>
<br>
Penny Yon<br>
Kunzwana Trust<br>
73 Quorn Avenue<br>
Mount
Pleasant<br>
Harare<br>
Zimbabwe<br>
Tel: +263 4
742065<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="mailto:maryyon@mweb.co.zw"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">maryyon@mweb.co.zw</font></font></a></u></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://www.servus.at/argezim/kunzwana.htm"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">Kunzwana
Trust website</font></font></a></u></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">
<br>
<br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>Source</b></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http://www.mulonga.net/"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">Tonga.Online
website</font></font></a></u></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">
</font></font></font><font color="#000080"><u><a
href="http://www.mulonga.net/"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">www.mulonga.net</font></font></a></u></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2">
on February 9
2005.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds22005/experiences-2968.html">http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds22005/experiences-2968.html</a><br>
<br>
<!--htdig_noindex--></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>Placed
on the Soul Beat Africa site February 09 2005.</i></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><br>
<!--/htdig_noindex--><!--htdig_noindex--></font></font></font><font
color="#000080"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font
size="2"><i>Last
Updated January 13 2006.</i></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><br>
</font></font></font><br>
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