Did this really happen?

http://www.ericblumrich.com/rm/shoot_pc.ram (real video)

I´ve seen this today, it´s Christmas time .... :(

this message is so motivating that i´d like to share it with you. maybe some have seen it already...

http://www.digitalpartners.org/home.html -> listen to Jose-Maria Figueres, former President of Costa Rica, on the importance of DP to help youth.

ICT is about Empowerment!

I read a very interesting statement at the website of the World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society (Lyon, 4.-5.12.03):

"Information and communication technologies play a major role in the future of our societies, especially in education, culture, democratic participation, economic development and more besides.

Local authorities have a decisive role to play in all these areas. Whether in schools, access and training to learn these technologies, or co-operation and development aid, it is in local programmes that the battle to make the potential of electronic networks and their uses benefit the largest number of people becomes a reality. [...]"

http://www.cities-lyon.org/en

So, if it is like that, what´s the reason for not supporting this development much, much more?