Re:OT: Tech stuff is all well and good... (Score 1)

One of the things commonly done in these communities to prevent theft is to encourage "ownership" of the equipment by the community. For example, including an icon of the relevant religion in the area, or getting the kids of the school to paint it (not over the panels obviously!). The key to being a succesful charity, like that of a succesful *NIX tool, is to do one job and do it very well. There are already programs in place for providing medicine, funding roads, bringing in teachers etc. Green Wi-fi's aiming to solve the problem it's uniquely suited to: providing connectivity to places with no or limited power. This is obviously designed to be done in combination with other programs.