BluMail striving to support education, development

Accra, Oct. 30, GNA - BluMail, a gateway for global email, education= , networking, jobs and entrepreneurship, is providing a platform through th= e Internet to its clientele to contribute towards the development of their countries. A statement signed by Dr Sarah MacCue, Founder and Board Chair of BluMail, United States, said her outfit would provide free email accounts= , educational content focused on conflict resolution, early childhood education, entrepreneurship and the environment. BluMail will also cover areas such as healthy lifestyles, human righ= ts, religious understanding, women's empowerment and youth leadership. The statement said the facility would make available "National Geographic Photo of the Day, Top World Websites, Read/Share a Story Networking Platform for Intercultural Understanding, Write about Your Lif= e, What Do YOU Think? Survey Platform, One Stop Portal for Entrepreneurship,=

Buy/Sell Product, Mentor to Mentee Matching, Daily Educational Message to=

Cell Phones, Email Accounts and Post/Find a Job". It indicated that operators of the facility are expected to deal with=

2.5 million users each year. By 2015 it is estimated that BluMail would reach 15 million users wit= h an exponential growth totalling more than 100 million users. The statement said BluMail targeted a large global population, and at=

the end of 2008, six per cent had access to the Internet in Africa; 18 pe= r cent in Asia; 23 per cent in the Middle East; 30 per cent in Latin Americ= a and 24 per cent average worldwide. It said operators of the facility had expressed satisfaction that the=

International Telecommunications Union had estimated that there would be a 10 per cent average annual growth rate in these regions. The statement said BluMail had, therefore, realised that as millions g= ain Internet access in the next decade, the opportunity to educate and inform=

the public would be unprecedented. It said "operators of the BluMail has observed that the target users w= ere youth in developing countries with new and limited Internet connectivity,=

basic fourth to sixth grade literacy, and limited English language skill= s, estimated at about 2 billion in the world."