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| Call centre plan for Palestinians |
| 2007-02-23 |
| Wow. Great idea... A UK-based charity plans to set up call centres in Gaza and the West Bank to boost the crippled Palestinian economy. Transformational Business Network (TBN) says it wants to establish the first centres by the end of this year. TNB hopes to create 900 jobs over five years offering IT support and other services across the Middle East. Hello. This is Mahmoud...Smith. You are calling from the Minnesota I see. How can I help you...INFIDEL! The charity wanted to devise a scheme that would not be affected the frequent closures imposed on Palestinian areas by the Israeli military. And there's that minor mafia war thing they got going too. They better think about setting it up in, I dunno, India? Nearly half the Palestinians in the occupied territories live on or below the poverty line, surviving on less than two dollars a day. The BBC, tugging at my heart strings... TBN is currently raising the $1.1m from investors and international donors to finance the project's start-up and first year costs. Make sure you account for shakedown money in the budget. Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, Achmed and Mahmouds Protection Agency, they'll all want a piece of the action. Project manager Jerry Marshall says the next few months are "crucial" but he is optimistic about long term success."We have nearly everything in place, I see no reason why this shouldn't be successful," he says. Say, he is an optimist, isn't he... "In Egypt, this industry has created almost 10,000 jobs in five years. We believe that private enterprise can do more to alleviate poverty than almost anything else in the long term." The project will initially be run by TBN - a network of businessmen trying to alleviate poverty in impoverished areas of the world - in close co-operation with Palestinian, Israeli and UK partners. There are plans to locate the West Bank operations in Jenin and Beit Jala, and all call centres will forge close links with Palestinian universities. Probably the ones they haven't burned down yet... Initially, they will offer computer support, but the project hopes to branch out into hotel bookings and other administrative services Sure, you can have my credit card number. Anything else you need? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 Initially, they will offer computer support I'll bet all those Saudi IT guys at Aramaco will tie up the lines... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-02-23 21:50 |
| #2 "... but the project hopes to branch out into hotel bookings and other administrative services." Invest in a Time-Share condo in beautiful downtown Gaza City. Brilliant! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-02-23 16:30 |
| #1 great IT support from the Qassam rocket industry and Red-wire/Green-wire morons |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-23 16:19 |