In every village that CORDE operates in they pay special attention to work in close collaboration with the village leader. Ideas are presented to him and consulted upon, and during our visit we asked the village leader of Koh Krolor about the internet. He had never touched a computer in his life, but two of his six children had.
He felt that if CORDE brought e-Rural to his village this would enhance the opportunities for the entire community and be of special help to the education of the girls as the families do not let their daughters travel far away from the house, not for school or anything else. Not only the specific students would gain from it, but the community as a whole would develop and be able to access knowledge and also share knowledge with the rest of the world.
From the left: Wife of village leader and youngest child, one of their son´s, Veth Sinorn, Village leader, older daughter and younger daughter (back), Elyssa Ludher (back) (CORDE), Ing Chanthoeurth (back)(CORDE), Hannes Öhman (BIDAS) and Yom Ya (CORDE).
BIDAS 