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 article David. As of yesterday my collection of older / donated machines revived with Linux has been joined by a new machine on loan. why.... one of the organisations I work for now insists on MDM (Mobile Device Management) software that has no Linux version. Good for me, not good for the planet.
Thanks for this Joshua, it is certainly a 'hot topic'. I have been sponsored to take cybersecurity and ethical hacking training because student demand is so high that there is a shortage of tutors. A bonus... so much of the software we are using on the courses is opensource.