It is a story told in Africa, by Africans, for African children. The real victims of the fighting in Sudan are the defenseless men, women and children who have been forcibly removed from their homes. They have had to resettle in makeshift and often isolated communities with little or no access to basic amenities such as sanitation and primary health care. They harbor little hope of ever returning to their homes or reuniting with their families. Furthermore, due to a nonexistent communications infrastructure, the refugees are cut off from most basic information sources.
Children are unable to attend school.
Public health workers and medical practitioners have very limited access to the latest research and information about the diseases that plague the communities in which they work. Basically, the displaced people of Sudan survive in a virtual information vacuum. Two groups have formed a partnership to provide a solution to this problem. Using WorldSpace technology, community members can download web-based content directly to community information centers that have no phone lines and hence, no Internet connection. Health workers can read the latest articles from such major medical journals as the British Medical Journal.