Digital for Change December 9th, 2010

They are young,They are poor,They are interns in an I.T. company for 18 months,They tell you what I.T. changed for them…

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The questions were:

1. Have you noticed changes in your lives because of I.T. & communication technologies?

2. How could IT & communication technologies improve the lives of the people in your Barangay (small subdivision of a City in Philippines)?

3. How can we use information and communication technologies to achieve social good?

4. How do you see the digital technologies and IT contributing to the development of your country?

5. How can the digital technologies help reducing poverty?

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“I see it really helpful to every country, not only in the Philippines but also in other countries. Without these technologies, I don’t think that our country would develop like this and would have lots of investors. ”

“I.T. contributes a very large impact to the development of the country. Through it, communication of the different companies and factories of the country is just easy and accessible causing the country to improve.”

Anna Marie, 18, ACCENTURE Emelie, 18, LEAR AUTOMOTIV

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“Digital technologies could help in reducing poverty, not just helping people poverty in situation but also poverty in literacy.”

“The more people are engage with the technologies the more the country will grow.”

Luisa, 18, ICOMM

Jefferson, 18, LEXMARK

“I.T. makes my life feel better.”

Mark, 18, TIMEX

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“Before, I didn’t care about the new technologies for communication, or what they are talking about internet. But now most of the things I would like to do won’t work properly without internet. The only thing that I found bad about me learning new technology is that I forget to speak like a normal person because the terms that I speak are not like before that my friends would laugh on my jokes… being

weird is attached to being a computer geek!”

Nova, 20, TIMEX

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“I.T. has helped the barangay people raise income by making available internet

connectivity just like an internet café but a little bit different because it is being managed with a coin slot where users got to avail the connectivity Php 1 every 4 or 5 minutes of internet connectivity.”

“I.T. helps reducing poverty through the use of the devices especially people in mountainous and island areas.”

Kenneth, 20, ACCENTURE

Carmena, 18, ACCENTURE

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“I.T. can improve the lives of the people in our barangay by exposing themselves to our growing world, meaning they will not be behind of how the world turns to be modern.”

“Because of I.T. & communication technologies, world becomes smaller, complicated tasks become easier and faster to comply.”

Fie, 18, ACCENTURE

Rhey, 19, INFOWEAPONS

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“For us in our barangays most of the population there have relatives from another city, or even outside the country, so it really helps a lot through I.T., and communication technologies, it still feels like they are still in one house even though they’re not.”

Ricky, 20, ALLIANCE

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“If my country produce high quality, low cost

and fast delivery then other will patronize the product of the country. So, the country can earn higher income and my country could pay the credits. Through this, the skilled- resident

will stay here and no need to work in abroad because they will have enough money to spend for their families.”

John Rey, 20, NCR

“I.T. is contributing a lot in the countries industry for most of the companies here in the Philippines became competitive through IT and most rampant job in our industry today are from BPO and call centers. IT made it possible for the companies to be more productive and thus it gives a lot of job opportunities for the people.”

Catherine, 18, ALLIANCE

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“I could see the digital technologies and IT contributing to the development of the country by improving some national and local businesses using these technologies which help them a lot to produce more, gain more but spend less.”

Reizl, 18, ACCENTURE