Peter Cheer

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Perth Scotland

I started life as an archaeologist before retraining in IT and have wide experience of work in the voluntary / not for profit and continuing education sectors in Scotland where I am usually based. This has included database design, hardware support, software support, website design and tuition.

From 2009 - 2010 I was  in Nairobi, Kenya as Assistive Technology Tutor with the Kenyan Society for the Blind. Then came two years in Ethiopia, working with the Addis Ababa HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control Office and the Ethiopian Midwives Association. My most recent stint abroad was another two years in Papua New Guinea as Provincial Capacity Building ICT Advisor on a United Nations Development Program / Ministry of Finance project. For now I am back in Scotland and a part time Open University tutor.

You can visit my website at http://tinyurl.com/visimpscot .

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Good timing Seth as we have a live thread on captioning in the community forums at techsoup.org right now.(https://forums.techsoup.org/t/how-to-add-captions-ensure-ada-compliance…)

The English edition is not out yet, scheduled for December but you can pre-order, "Ada & Zangemann - A tale of software, skateboards, and raspberry ice cream" by Matthias Kirschner (president of the Free Software Foundation Europe) and Sandra Brandstätter (https://fsfe.org/activities/childrensbook/index.en.html). "A rousing tale of self-reliance, community, and standing up to bullies...software freedom is human freedom!" - Cory Doctorow, Sci-Fi Author