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'''work in progress. Translating from Italian''' PaoloSammicheli <<Include(NGO/Header)>>
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= Domande dell'intervista =
 * Come è nato il progetto Porto Seguro
Luigi Pertici, diacono permanente della diocesi di Siena, ha iniziato a lavorare nell'informatica al CED della Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena per poi passare per molti anni a fare il "supporto informatico" (praticamente faceva di tutto: dal supporto agli utenti, a quello hardware, fino al sistemista) all'ufficio formazione della stessa banca.
Nell'ambito del suo ministero diaconale nel 1998 ha conosciuto un prete togolese e su invito di questo prete nel 2005 è andato per la prima volta in Africa, in Togo e in Camerun. Da allora si reca in Togo regolarmente, per dare una mano in diocesi di Aneho ed in particolare nel villaggio di Agbodrafò che conta circa 4000/6000 persone (non ci si stupisca che si chiami villaggio un posto con tutte queste persone, se ne trovano anche con 4 o 5 volte tante; non è possibile sapere con sufficiente esattezza il numero di abitanti perché nel Paese l'anagrafe è ancora abbastanza approssimativa).
A partire dal 2007, anno in cui Luigi è andato in pensione dal suo lavoro, la permanenza in Togo raggiunge i 4/5 mesi all'anno.
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 * Qual'è la missione del progetto? = Interview Questions =
 * How was the Porto Seguro Project born?
The project started thanks to Luigi Pertici, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon|Catholical Permanet Deacon]] from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena|Siena]], Italy. He worked at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_dei_Paschi_di_Siena|Monte dei Paschi]] Bank's Datacenter for long time until he switched to work as IT Engineer in the Bank's Training Center doing end-to-end support, system administration and so on. In 1998 he knew a togolese priest who talked him about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo|his country]] and then, in 2005, Luigi went for his first time in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo|Togo]]. From 2005 Luigi visits [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo|Togo]] regularly to help the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneho|Aneho]]'s Diocese and in particular the village called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbodrafo|Adbodrafò]] which has almost 4000/6000 inhabitant. It's not possible to know exactly the actual living population there due to lack of a well managed registry office. Since 2007, when Luigi retired from his work at bank, he spend 4/5 months in a year in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbodrafo|Adbodrafò]]. The project is called '''Porto Seguro''' because this is the ancient name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbodrafo|Adbodrafò]].
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Il progetto vuole cercare di portare un qualche strumento di informazione nel villaggio. Perfino i giornali sono rari, si trovano solo nella capitale e nemmeno tutti i giorni. L'idea è, quindi, di realizzare un punto di accesso pubblico alla rete che possa servire per la cittadinanza e sopratutto per gli studenti delle scuole. Quella superiore conta circa 200 studenti.  * What is the mission of your organisation?
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 * È possibile avere alcuni esempi di cosa è stato fatto? The project is trying to bring information's media in the village of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbodrafo|Adbodrafò]]. At moment the newspaper is the only media and it's very rare; you can found it only in the capital but not everyday. The basical idea is to set up an Internet Point available for everybody but mainly focused for the high school's students. Adbodrafò's high school counts about 200 students.
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Con l'aiuto degli amici del [[http://www.siena.linux.it|Siena Linux User Group]] abbiamo raccolto molti vecchi computer da amici e conoscenti. I volontari del Lug si sono prodigati ad installarli con Ubuntu verificandone il buon funzionamento. Con quelli guasti abbiamo ricavato dei pezzi di ricambio. Alla fine è stato caricato un container con tanto materiale. I pc funzionanti completi erano 36, oltre a molto materiale di ricambio come monitor, mouse e tastiere in più.  * Can you give us a few examples of what you have done?
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 * '''Altro software'''
  * Vengono utilizzate anche altre distribuzioni linux?
Al momento viene utilizzata soltanto Ubuntu. Con il tempo si vorrebbe creare un piccolo laboratorio informatico ed insegnare anche come modificare una distribuzione, e anche come crearne una nuova partendo da scratch.
With the help of my friends from [[http://www.siena.linux.it|Siena Linux User Group]] we gather old computers from friends and acquaintances. Lug's volunteers buit fully functioning computers getting spare parts from partialy working computers and installing Ubuntu. At the end of the work they made a shipment with a lot of material: fully functioning Computer were 36 with a lot of extra spare parts like monitors, mice, cables, hard disks, keyboards, etc.
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  * Viene utilizzato anche software proprietario?
No. Viene usato solo Software Libero. L'obiettivo educativo è quello di insegnare a scegliere e decidere con la propria testa, per questo scopo il Software Proprietario non è usabile perché offre tutto "preconfezionato"; e proprio cercare di far cambiare l'abitudine a ricevere tutto "preconfezionato" - abitudine che è un fatto culturale molto radicato - è uno dei principali obbiettivi di un progetto, anche educativo, più ampio.
 * '''Other Software'''
  * Did you also use other linux distros?
At moment we used just Ubuntu (and derivates). In the future we would like to create a small Lab where to teach how to customize a distros and also how to build one from Scratch.
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 * '''Suggerimenti'''
  * Che suggerimento dovrebbe essere dato ad Ubuntu per soddisfare al meglio le proprie esigenze?
Andrebbe migliorato il supporto e la documentazione con l'hardware vecchio. Ad esempio la configurazione dello scanner è stata veramente un'impresa, per altro ancora non del tutto soddisfacente perché Xane si comporta in modo strano. Lo scanner è molto utile perché accoppiato con una stampante può fungere anche da fotocopiatrice, considerando che in tutto il villaggio ce ne sono 3 e non sempre funzionanti. Bisognerebbe inoltre migliorare il supporto alle situazioni in cui ci troviamo senza rete. Ad esempio la copia offline del wiki di Ubuntu-it è una bella idea. Sarebbe utile avere altre risorse di questo tipo. Prima di partire per il Togo passo diverso tempo a copiarmi tutto il necessario su un Hard Disk esterno.
  * Cosa sarebbe bello vedere migliorato in Ubuntu, risorse come la documentazione?
 * '''Esperienze'''
  * Qual'è il più grande ostacolo incontrato con Ubuntu?
La configurazione dello scanner e l'hardware "datato"
  * e quale invece il miglior trucco imparato durante il cammino?
A fare sempre 3 partizioni: una root, una swap e una home. Così se c'è qualcosa che non va e devo reinstallare tutto non perdo i dati utente.
 * ''' Foto e storie'''
  * Chiedere se ci sono particolari aneddoti, storie belle o divertenti, le migliori lezioni che il cronista vorrebbe raccontare al mondo.
Nel 2007 avevo fatto diverse foto ai bambini della scuola, una in particolare la ricordavo bene, era di un bambino che giocava con un "giocattolo" che aveva costruito da solo. In un viaggio successivo mostrai questa foto al parroco chiedendo se conoscesse il bambino. Il parroco mi rispose che era uno scolaro di 10 anni che si chiama [[http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2776052550033377572dXWigE?vhost=travel|Ako]]. Chiesi al parroco di farmelo conoscere. Me lo portò un pomeriggio in cui mi trovavo nei locali della parrocchia impegnato a smontare 3 computer cercando di farne uno funzionante. Chiesi al bambino quale fosse il suo cognome ed egli pronunciò qualcosa di incomprensibile; non avendo fra le mani nulla di meglio per farlo scrivere, chiesi al bambino di digitare il suo cognome nella tastiera del mio portatile. Egli la osservò un poco e poi iniziò a scrivere il suo cognome. Chiesi, come mai guardi così la tastiera, non hai mai visto un computer? Il bambino rispose di no. Abbastanza colpito, ripresi la mia opera di smontaggio mentre il bambino, incuriosito, era rimasto lì in piedi a guardarmi rigirandosi un cacciavite fra le mani; gli chiesi se voleva fare quello che stavo facendo io e al suo sì gli affidai uno dei pc. In poco tempo e senza rompere niente, con solo qualche mio richiamo a fare attenzione, smontò completamente uno dei 3 desktop. E quella era la prima volta che Ako vedeva un pc!
  * Did you also use proprietary software?

No, we use only Free Software. Our educational goal is to make people learn how to choose things with their head and we can't use proprietary software because in proprietary software the software house decided for you. We're trying to change the habit of having everythings chosen by someone else. This habit in Togo depends from deep-rooted cultural factors and that's why this is an educational project.

 * '''Suggestions'''
  * What do you suggest that should be done in Ubuntu to better match your needs?

I would like to have more documentation and support for old hardware. For example I had problems with scanners. We use scanners a lot because it can do copies of a document thanks to a printer. In the entire village there's just 3 Photocopier and they sometimes don't works. Also the offline resources should be improved. The [[http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/OfflineWiki|offline version]] of ubuntu-it wiki is a great idea. Before any travel I spend a lot of time copying into an external hard drive everythings I would need like documents, ISOs and packages.

 * '''Experiences'''
  * What is the biggest difficulty you encountered with Ubuntu?

Scanner configuration and the old hardware in general.

  * and what do you think is the best trick you learned along the way?

Use 3 partitions: root, swap and home. Having my documents in home avoids data losing when I re-install the operative system over my previous installation.

 * ''' Photos and stories'''

  * Ask if there's particular anecdotes, good or funny stories, best lessons that reporter would like to tell to the world.

In 2007 I took some pictures of children in a school. In one of them I got a child playing with a toy he built by hisself. In the next trip in Africa I showed the pic to the parish priest asking if he would know that child. He said that he knew him and he was a 10 years old child called [[http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2776052550033377572dXWigE?vhost=travel|Ako]]. I asked to the priest if I could see him again. After some days he came in front of me while I was deassembling 3 pcs to make at least 1 of them working. I asked the child his surname and he said something I can't understand. I gave him my laptop and I said to him to write his name. He started looking at the laptop and at the keyboard. After a while he slowly wrote his surname in the keyboard. Then I asked him: Have you ever seen a computer before? He said: NO. I was surprised and I came back to my work fixing the PCs. The child was looking at me playing with a screw when I asked him if he liked the work I was doing. He answered YES and I gave him one of the three PCs asking to disassemble it. In a short time, with just few advices, the child was able to completly disassemble the pc without broking anythings... and it was the first time Ako saw a pc in his life!
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'''Nome dell'intervistato:''' Luigi Pertici <'''luigi'''AT'''pertici.net'''> '''Name of reporter:''' Luigi Pertici <'''luigi'''AT'''pertici.net'''>
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'''Nome della ONG:''' Onlus Progetto Porto Seguro (in corso di costituzione) '''Name of NGO:''' Onlus Progetto Porto Seguro (still forming)
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'''Ubicazione (cit, paese):''' [[http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115929776992909135918.00044dc4809c385df4851&ll=6.217012,1.474228&spn=0.162802,0.307961&t=h&z=12|Agbodrafò (Togo)]] '''Location (city, country):''' [[http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115929776992909135918.00044dc4809c385df4851&ll=6.217012,1.474228&spn=0.162802,0.307961&t=h&z=12|Agbodrafò (Togo)]]
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'''Collegamenti Web:''' '''Web Link:''' [[http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/GruppoPromozione/UbuntuVolontariato/CasiUso/ProgettoPortoSeguro|Original interview]] (in Italian)

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Interview Questions

  • How was the Porto Seguro Project born?

The project started thanks to Luigi Pertici, a Catholical Permanet Deacon from Siena, Italy. He worked at Monte dei Paschi Bank's Datacenter for long time until he switched to work as IT Engineer in the Bank's Training Center doing end-to-end support, system administration and so on. In 1998 he knew a togolese priest who talked him about his country and then, in 2005, Luigi went for his first time in Togo. From 2005 Luigi visits Togo regularly to help the Aneho's Diocese and in particular the village called Adbodrafò which has almost 4000/6000 inhabitant. It's not possible to know exactly the actual living population there due to lack of a well managed registry office. Since 2007, when Luigi retired from his work at bank, he spend 4/5 months in a year in Adbodrafò. The project is called Porto Seguro because this is the ancient name of Adbodrafò.

  • What is the mission of your organisation?

The project is trying to bring information's media in the village of Adbodrafò. At moment the newspaper is the only media and it's very rare; you can found it only in the capital but not everyday. The basical idea is to set up an Internet Point available for everybody but mainly focused for the high school's students. Adbodrafò's high school counts about 200 students.

  • Can you give us a few examples of what you have done?

With the help of my friends from Siena Linux User Group we gather old computers from friends and acquaintances. Lug's volunteers buit fully functioning computers getting spare parts from partialy working computers and installing Ubuntu. At the end of the work they made a shipment with a lot of material: fully functioning Computer were 36 with a lot of extra spare parts like monitors, mice, cables, hard disks, keyboards, etc.

  • Other Software

    • Did you also use other linux distros?

At moment we used just Ubuntu (and derivates). In the future we would like to create a small Lab where to teach how to customize a distros and also how to build one from Scratch.

  • Did you also use proprietary software?

No, we use only Free Software. Our educational goal is to make people learn how to choose things with their head and we can't use proprietary software because in proprietary software the software house decided for you. We're trying to change the habit of having everythings chosen by someone else. This habit in Togo depends from deep-rooted cultural factors and that's why this is an educational project.

  • Suggestions

    • What do you suggest that should be done in Ubuntu to better match your needs?

I would like to have more documentation and support for old hardware. For example I had problems with scanners. We use scanners a lot because it can do copies of a document thanks to a printer. In the entire village there's just 3 Photocopier and they sometimes don't works. Also the offline resources should be improved. The offline version of ubuntu-it wiki is a great idea. Before any travel I spend a lot of time copying into an external hard drive everythings I would need like documents, ISOs and packages.

  • Experiences

    • What is the biggest difficulty you encountered with Ubuntu?

Scanner configuration and the old hardware in general.

  • and what do you think is the best trick you learned along the way?

Use 3 partitions: root, swap and home. Having my documents in home avoids data losing when I re-install the operative system over my previous installation.

  • Photos and stories

    • Ask if there's particular anecdotes, good or funny stories, best lessons that reporter would like to tell to the world.

In 2007 I took some pictures of children in a school. In one of them I got a child playing with a toy he built by hisself. In the next trip in Africa I showed the pic to the parish priest asking if he would know that child. He said that he knew him and he was a 10 years old child called Ako. I asked to the priest if I could see him again. After some days he came in front of me while I was deassembling 3 pcs to make at least 1 of them working. I asked the child his surname and he said something I can't understand. I gave him my laptop and I said to him to write his name. He started looking at the laptop and at the keyboard. After a while he slowly wrote his surname in the keyboard. Then I asked him: Have you ever seen a computer before? He said: NO. I was surprised and I came back to my work fixing the PCs. The child was looking at me playing with a screw when I asked him if he liked the work I was doing. He answered YES and I gave him one of the three PCs asking to disassemble it. In a short time, with just few advices, the child was able to completly disassemble the pc without broking anythings... and it was the first time Ako saw a pc in his life!

Informazioni

Name of reporter: Luigi Pertici <luigiATpertici.net>

Name of NGO: Onlus Progetto Porto Seguro (still forming)

Location (city, country): Agbodrafò (Togo)

Web Link: Original interview (in Italian)


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