connecting new arrivals

A Liberian student has approached me and asked for assistance in getting connected to the internet at home

I'm thinking, yes, I should help out

I'm also thinking that wouldn't it be a great idea if the government funded such a service for new arrivals in Australia - a programme that gave arrivals from the Third World some assistance in getting startedwith complex technology

I'm about to make some phone calls along these lines but then, I suspect it would be more painless if I just went and did it myself

I'd be curious to hear from anyone else who has been down this path before me or sees the need for this sort of thing increasing