Wednesday morning brought inspiring consultation with about 25 representatives from CORDE target group! They all came in from the 14 CCL:s (Corde Center of Learning) around Battambang province, as well as nearby provinces. After an initial introduction and discussion around certain topics which needed to be adressed, the group divided into smaller groups, working on one issue per group – this was then presented to all and that groups comments were discussed.
In this way their opinions and ideas about the e-Rural project that CORDE and BIDAS would like to work with (and thus apply for funding from Forum Syd) were brought forward and the real needs of the community were shared. CORDE works closely with their target group, as it actually makes out CORDE staff – of whom most have been students themselves in the past and now are either volunteers or paid staff.
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