Yes, it can be. Telecentre is a place rich with ICT
No, it is too much to expect from a Telecentre.
Most of the telecentres are located in rural areas; most of those areas are prone to disasters, natural or man-made. Telecentres located in those areas but still with ICT facilities telephone, internet, fax, etc. can receive a message from a central disaster early warning centre.
So if we have a simple mechanism to disseminate that information, may be using megaphones we can convert a Telecentre to Early Warning Centre in the village. Even after the disaster occurred, that Telecentre can continue a play a role of coordinating the relief work, impact assessment, finding missing people (http://www.sahana.lk/), etc.
How many of you have tried this? What went well? What went wrong?
Sameera
http://ict4d-in-srilanka.blogspot.com/
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