In any big town you just have to look around and there will be a boy within hailing distance ready to sell you a top-up card.Girls are less likely to be scampering about in traffic jams with strings of cards. But give them a picnic table, a red, yellow or green umbrella, and a “make your calls here” sign, and they are set up in the telecommunications business.
The mobile phone companies have done more to tackle youth unemployment than any government project.
(via World Changing).
Unfortunately, there’s a pretty nasty flipside to this story.
I’ve been aware of the tantalum problem for years. But this site is about good news ;) Many of the stories here (especially the health ones, I’d say) have a potential dark side. In this case I’m just glad to see mobiles doing some good rather than just sucking attention and depleting resources. But you’re right to question whether they do more harm than good.
I’ve been aware of the tantalum problem for years. But this site is about good news ;) Many of the stories here (especially the health ones, I’d say) have a potential dark side.
Yeah, I know. I’m just being a pain in the ass. Sorry ’bout that. :)