Bun Ron is 13 years old and has never seen a computer in his life. Plopped in front of a new Macintosh, he struggles to comprehend how the machine can do the amazing things foreigner's say it can, like grow better crops or help heal the sick.
.......... " I don't know, " is all the confused child can muster when confronted by a horde of journalists flown in by helicopter to this desperately poor corner of Cambodia to witness of an ambitious experiment by American philanthropist Bernard Krisher, a retired magazine journalist living in Tokyo.
Bun Ron and 300 other children in Robap village will soon attend a solar powered schoolhouse equipped with a computer that can be linked to the Internet via satellite.
Two solar panels on the roof of the five - room school provide energy to run the computer for four to five hours a day. A satellite dish provides a link between the computer's modem and the satellite, allowing access to the Internet.
.......... The school, the first of 200 planned to begin construction by the end of next year, follows other projects by Mr. Krisher's Japan Relief for Cambodia. Earlier successes include the countries first English language newspaper, the Cambodia Daily, and an orphanage in the capital, Phnom Penh, that teaches computer skills to abandoned youth. Donors pay $13,000 ( 507,000 baht ), matched by the World Bank, to get a school built and see their names on it. .......... " I have no idea what this is, " 14 - year - old Mom Theary says of her school's new computer. " I have never seen one before, but I want to learn. " (Nepal)

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.............................................MODIFIED SCHOOL PROJECT

.......... The scenic rugged mountains of Nepal's northern regions, although beautiful and magnificent, leave many people isolated with little or no contact with the outside world.
.......... These poor village people consistently face hardships, suffering, misery and even death, often times as the result of illnesses easily curable with common antibiotics, available worldwide.
.......... But, because of ignorance, lack of medical knowledge and the unavailability of common antibiotics these people are experiencing needless suffering, misery and death.
.......... By combining modern Satellite telecommunications technology with the latest Solar, Computer and Medical Electronics technology, it will be possible to end much of this needless, misery.
.......... The planned MODULE concept, with added services, was designed specifically to address Nepal's very real, critical, LIFE SAVING requirements.

MEDICAL MODULE : provide direct satellite / internet link with trained hospital personnel that would efficiently diagnose and recommend proper remediable procedures. Planned video conferencing and vital sign monitoring will also be included to improve LIFE SAVING capabilities.
EDUCATION MODULE: An internet based student education program, with added local assistance.
COMMUNITY MODULE: Provide needed communications: Telephone, fax, e mail, video conferencing, radio, television, weather forecasts and of course the internet (and all that comes with it).
GOVERNMENT MODULE: All health, education, commerce, police and fire information on the local area and population, plus room for Military and security applications if necessary.

The units will be prefabricated at a central location, to insure quality control and cost effectiveness in construction. Trained staff, (doctor, nurse, teacher, technician) will also be included.