Two of my fellow Peace Corps volunteers also have ...

2009-06-25T15:00:56.748+13:00

Two of my fellow Peace Corps volunteers also have a post about the issues facing Tonga.

I thought it was right on target.

You can read it at Two Coconuts.

Hi Steve, I found your post extremely relevant an...

2009-06-22T12:31:10.087+13:00

Hi Steve,

I found your post extremely relevant and timely, because I've just recently started a website with the specific intent to create more employment opportunities in Tonga.

In a previous post you had written how a call center might be a great way to generate new jobs, by taking advantage of the low wages and high English skills. Perhaps instead of a call center, a program to train Tongans online skills that are in high-demand by overseas English-speaking business might have these advantages:
- MUCH lower implementation costs;
- dramatically lower infrastructure requirements;
- significantly less training needed to start working (often only a few hours);
- easily scalable.

(While there's already a pretty good initial overview at the site, I'll be adding even more specific details about the project and jobs over the next several days.)

Given your experience with specifically these kinds of initiatives -- in addition to your familiarity with businesses from the US, etc. -- I would really love to get your feedback and suggestions on this project. You're more than welcome to leave comments, observations, advice, etc. at the http://www.TongaJobs.org website; or if you prefer to respond on your blog here, I'll be following your posts as well.

Thanks,
Tom

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