cher@ihlpm.UUCP (cherepov) (06/25/85)
> One more quick pointer: I've finally found the address for Tecanica, the > technical aid project by which programmers, electronics technicians and the > like can contribute their services in war-torn Nicaragua. Volunteers pay > their air fare to and from Managua; room and board are provided in return. > An acquaintance of mine went last year and spent two weeks working for the > National Bank of Nicaragua. He said that people with IBM, micro or hardware > repair experience are most sorely needed, but almost any competent > programmer can make him/herself useful. > Their friends on El Salvador also need some assistance: experts on explosives, city warfare, accounting: to keep track of the money pumped into their good cause by Ortega and Castro (guess where these two get it). Travel expenses are on the volunteers, but in return you get to shoot some foreigners in city's restaurants Good grief. Mike Cherepov