Carlos Afonso ARede Personality of the Year 2008

[Cheryl Preston]

Congratulations Carlos!  This is a great achievement.

Cheryl B. Preston
Edwin M. Thomas
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J. Reuben Clark Law School
Brigham Young University
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>>> Robin Gross <robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG> 1/7/2009 2:10 pm >>>
Wonderful news!   Congratulations Carlos and well-deserved!!

All best,
Robin


On Jan 3, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Norbert Klein wrote:

> Forwarding news, about our participant and good friend Carlos  
> Afonso, which I
> got:
>
> Norbert
>
> -
>
> http://arruda.rits.org.br/rets/servlet/ 
> newstorm.notitia.apresentacao.ServletDeSecao? 
> codigoDaSecao=9&dataDoJornal=atual
>
> Text in the above URL note translated to English:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Carlos Afonso, executive director of the Information Network for the
> Third Sector [RITS] was blessed with the ARede 2008 Award for the best
> projects for digital inclusion in the country. CA has been elected by
> the judges of the award as Personality of the Year 2008 for its
> militancy among the entities of the third sector, which has been
> promoting social inclusion through the development of Internet and
> digital inclusion programs.
>
> ARede initiative of the magazine, the award was also given to eight
> projects, in terms Special Education, Enterprise, Public Sector and
> Third Sector. Of the total of 206 projects registered, coming from
> nearly all states of Brazil, the majority (79) belongs to the category
> Special Education.
>
> In video, CA thanked the award, pointing out that Brazil needs a
> strategic and coordinated national policy for information and
> communication technologies for development [ICT4D] , which takes into
> account the scanning in all areas, in all territories, and that
> benefit, especially the families of lower income.
>
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