[ Thanks to Marco
Fioretti for this link. ]
“Some hackers in Florence and other Italian cities are busy
these days putting together Carovana X, an Italian-led initiative
to help some Senegal communities. The members of this project are
raising funds, assembling used computers, refurbishing them with
Linux, and also collecting medical equipment and other
first-necessity items. Besides Linux, the list already includes one
ambulance and 26 hospital beds.“In Italian, ‘carovana’ means caravan or convoy, and Carovana’s
goal is to pack everything on some trucks and drive them to
Senegal. The reason for driving is to stop every now and then in
European and African cities to gather more materials and
participate in events like Linux install fests…”