IT aid for Ghana's flood victims
Blog More news of the sterling work done by telecoms aid agency Telecoms Sans Frontieres. The latest venture from the IT equivalent of International Rescue, involved despatching a crew of telecoms specialists to Ghana last week flowing heavy floods that...
[September 18, 2007, 17:58]
Tech charity quits Burma following government blocks
Blog I have just received an update that Telecoms Sans Frontieres, a charity that specialises in setting up telecoms equipment in disaster zones has quit Burma in the face of repeated attempts to block its activity by the government.
[June 25, 2008, 15:58]
Tech disaster relief comes to Dominican Republic
Blog This just in: The tech world’s equivalent of Thunderbirds International Rescue - Telecoms Sans Frontieres -- has been deployed to the aftermath of Tropical Storm Noel in the Dominican Republic. The only thing worse than losing your house in a storm...
[November 5, 2007, 10:05]
Help for Haiti: Calling for Relief
Blog I am among the two teams of Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) emergency telecommunications specialists who deployed to Haiti as it was hit by four cyclones--Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike--all in less than a month.
[October 2, 2008, 17:18]
Update: Tech charity says could have saved many lives
Blog Just received this update quote, to an earlier blog , from Jean-François Cazenave, president of Telecoms Sans Frontieres, commenting on the fact that the organisation announced today that it has been forced to quit Burma after it was refused...
[June 25, 2008, 17:37]
Techies bring more aid to Earthquake zone
Blog We covered the work of telecom engineer charity Telecoms Sans Frontieres earlier this week which is tasked with re-connecting communications links in disaster zones. Some good news from Pisco - site of some of the worst damage from last week's...
[August 24, 2007, 15:30]
Vodafone Foundation gives £100k to Congo relief
Blog The Vodafone Foundation also has a tie-in with Telecoms Sans Frontieres, through which it will be "providing emergency telecoms assistance for the refugee relief effort" and helping co-ordinate the response of the World Food Programme.
[November 27, 2008, 14:29]
