CALOCO Solutions

CApable LOw-COst solutions is what the Philippines need to attain its objectives. These solutions are the answer to the inadequate financial resources that we can employ for development. Contemporary solutions from the West are mostly finance-intensive that were developed in and for a financially-endowed environment. However, there are things from the West that we can employ for our development - their surplus hardware.

A good example is in I.T. where the West are already dumping Pentium III class computers and similar I.T. equipment. And even now, we are seeing first generation wi-fi equipment meeting the same fate. We can get this surplus hardware at the cost of transportation, and deploy them for a nation-wide network that will provide Internet services to all barangays, specially for those who cannot afford to go to an Internet cafe.

For software, there are freeware and open source solutions. And there are a lot of good guy programmers out there who will give permission for the use of their software for good I.T. programs.

For the maintenance of this nation-wide network, we can request the local government units to employ the many I.T. graduates we have to maintain and expand it, for the use of their respective constituencies. Through this manner, the new graduates will have the training that they can use for employment abroad.

I.T. is just one sector where we can use CALOCO solutions. The important thing is to use effectively what we have in abundance while reducing inputs coming from where we are deficient.

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