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Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer Literacy in Swaziland

Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer Literacy in Swaziland

Cisco M. Magagula
Copyright: © 2005 |Pages: 5
ISBN13: 9781591405757|ISBN10: 1591405750|EISBN13: 9781591407911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch053
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Magagula, Cisco M. "Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer Literacy in Swaziland." Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 305-309. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch053

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Magagula, C. M. (2005). Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer Literacy in Swaziland. In S. Marshall, W. Taylor, & X. Yu (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology (pp. 305-309). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch053

Chicago

Magagula, Cisco M. "Forging Partnerships to Provide Computer Literacy in Swaziland." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, Wal Taylor, and Xinghuo Yu, 305-309. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch053

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Abstract

The challenges facing the world, especially developing countries like Swaziland, are many and varied. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimates that over two billion people, out of a global population of six billion, do not have access to education. The majority of these people are found in developing countries. As many as 113 million children do not attend school. More than one billion people still live on less than US$1 a day and lack access to safe drinking water. More than two billion people in the world in developing countries in particular, lack sanitation. Every year, nearly 11 million young children die before their fifth birthday, mainly from preventable illnesses. The risk of dying in childbirth in developing countries is one in 48 (UNDP, 2003). In most developing countries, especially in remote areas, the situation is exacerbated by lack of electricity.

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