{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\froman\fprq2\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset2 Symbol;}} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1507;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs24 Eugenia Bivines\par Building A Better Future\par http://projects.takingitglobal.org/BABF/docs\par \par 8/06\par \pard\qc Free vs Paid Internet Access\par \pard\par \par To start out small and increase there services as response to demand. Free access as way to set up a pilot project to test different models mechanisims and implimination to create self sustainability. One way to close the digital gap by allowing public (Free) access to communication and information services. Public facilities is needed for basic access and value services that can contribute to the social and economical welfare of communities in developing countries. \par \par Social and economical welfare of persons in developing countries show that the average person cannot afford or earn enough to pay for access. The benefits of free access in underdeveloped countries will\par help families income rise with their education level, will aid in providing healthier living conditions and healthier lifestyles, will provide for greater economic productivity, lower disease rates, better child\par survival and increased political participation. The benefits can also provide reduced HIV risk, particularly for girls and women as education rates and levels rise, fertility rates decline, and life expectancies for both women and children rise.\par \pard\sb100\sa100 The better educated a child becomes, the healthier he or she will grow. The healthier and better educated people are, the more economically sufficient and productive they will become. The more economically sufficient and productive people become, the better able they are to reinvest their own savings into continuing health and education that \sub\fs32 is a basic human right and is fundamental to human rights and freedom. (MDG)125 million children and 890 million adults World Wide have been denied that right and 150 million will not finish primary school.\nosupersub \sub The global campaign for human rights mobilises public pressure on governments and the international community to fullfill their promise to provide free, compolsury public education for all people; particular emphasis on children, women, and all disadvantaged deprived sections of society that should be\nosupersub universally accessible.\par Facts:\par \fs28\par \pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent360{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-360\li720\sb100\sa100\fs24 2.7 billion people live on less than $2 a day. \par \pard\sb100\sa100 Another two billion people will be added to the world's population by 2036. Of these, 97% will be in developing countries, and the majority will be in urban areas. \par \pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent360{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-360\li720\sb100\sa100 In low-income countries, 78% of all relevant-aged boys, and 68% of all relevant-aged girls, finish primary school. The rest either drop out or never attend. \par \pard\sb100\sa100 Although middle-income countries have generally been more successful in reducing poverty than low-income countries, they are still home to 280 million people living on less than $1 per day, and to 870 million people living on less than $2 per day. \par \pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent360{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-360\li720\sb100\sa100 High-income countries, with only 15% of world population, use more than half of the world's energy. \par \pard\sb100\sa100 People in high-income countries use more than five times as much energy per capita as people in low-income countries. \par \pard{\pntext\f1\'B7\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnindent360{\pntxtb\'B7}}\fi-360\li720\sb100\sa100 Even in high-income countries, about 7 out of every 1,000 children die before age 5. But in developing countries, about 88 of them die, including 174 out of every 1,000 children in Sub-Saharan Africa, and 95 in South Asia. \par \pard\sb100\sa100 .6 billion people low income countries, , 37.4% of the population has access to electricity, compared to 94% in middle-income countries, and near-universal access in high-income countries.\par Africa every 100 workers need to support 82 children at home who are under the age of 15, compared to only 27 for workers in high-income countries.\par Once the telecentre establishes its needs in response to demand paid internet access can then become paid on based on the bandwith usage and sustained via established businesses within the community.\par \pard By providing these services for free this will enable underdeveloped countries to become self sustainable by creating accessabilty and training to those who cannot afford it. \par \par }