Solar Computer Case

You are: A rural village in Cambodia.

Your situation:

“For as long as anyone here can remember, this dusty farming village deep in Cambodia's northern hinterland had been cocooned from even the weakest winds of development by a line of imposing mountains, miles of nearly impregnable jungle and the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, whose guerrillas kept outsiders away by sprinkling land mines in the countryside and ambushing traffic on the only road into town.

Like countless other Cambodian villages, there is no telephone or electricity service here. Paved roads and mail deliveries are similarly alien concepts. Cans of Coke, packs of Marlboros and other ubiquitous global brands are nowhere to be found. Most people in this hamlet of 128 families eke out a living as subsistence farmers, making less than $40 a year.”

-- from "Cambodian Village Wired to Future" by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Foreign Service, May 13, 2001

The technology available: An internet-connected computer.

Your village has been given a free computer with a free, permanent Internet connection. A solar panel provides enough power to run the computer.

Your task:

To create a development project that uses this new technology to improve your village’s economic, social, or political prospects. Be sure to describe: