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From: berman@ihlpg.UUCP (Andy Berman)
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Subject: technica; more information
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 09:44:40 EDT
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>From: moku@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (mark william francillon)
>Path: ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!moku
>Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center
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>Date: 17 Jun 85 19:07:02 GMT
>
>Two things about TechNica:
>
>1. I'd be interested in reading accounts from people who've gone
>   to Nicaragua under TechNica of, more or less, what their
>   projects involved.
>
>2. Any ideas about the sort of minimal competence in Spanish
>   required to make the going productive?
>
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Check out the Feb 15, 1985 issue of Datamation for an article
describing techNICA and its projects. The techNICA office will
send you a copy if your library doesn't have it (1-213-394-1183)

There is no doubt that knowing Spanish helps, but for many of the
jobs it is not crucial. Many Nicaraguans have some English, and in
a one-on-one session in front of a VDT, a limited vocabulary will
suffice. On a recent trip, many of the American volunteers spoke
very little Spanish, yet all felt that much productive work was
done.