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The Computer and Cultural center in Suruacá, Para State, Brazil

Acumen International has been recently incorporated as the Community Empowerment Network. Our website will shortly be updated to reflect this exciting development!

Our Mission:

To assist rural communities in developing countries acquire the skills, attitudes, technology and other resources so they are better able to manage their own development process.

What do we do?

What is a Telecenter?

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A proposal from the Community Empowerment Network incorporating bio-diesel was selected as a one of 78 finalists in the 2005 World Bank Development Marketplace Competition. The DM 2005 competition received more than 2,600 proposals, which were reviewed by over 150 environmental experts both within and outside the World Bank.  We will have an opportunity to present their projects to the jury and the general public on May 24-25, 2005 at the World Bank's Washington D.C. Headquarters.

 
Brazilian Tapajos Project Wins Telemar Digital Inclusion Prize
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The Tapajos Project supported by the Community Empowerment Network won the Telemar Prize for Digital Inclusion in the NGO category for the North/Northeast Region of Brazil. For more details please read the full press release