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Article

11 Apr 2002

Author:
Lisa Napoli, MSNBC

Tibetan culture gets a tech boost: A Silicon Valley firm jumps in to network a displaced community

Scattered across Northern India, Nepal and Bhutan are 32 settlement camps, home to more than 122,000 Tibetan exiles...Just last month, action was begun in earnest to install a computer in each of these settlements, and to wire each for Internet access. Part of the bill for this project is being paid by [Salesforce.com]...