Sometimes, to do your best to be new, it is better to be old

I’m  so happy  and pleased DORA is coming to visit  Whanganui for two weeks from 18 November 2024.

This year we have been focusing on helping people to learn popular online health apps such as Manage My Health, myindici 2.0, or The Doctors to access their health records.  As well, we are helping people use Healthify He Puna Waiora.  Healthify is Aotearoa New Zealand’s go-to website for trusted easy-to-understand health information and self-help resources.

DORA has certainly been going around for a long time.  DORA started life in 1985 as a school bus in Gore.

  • In 2012,  after 27 years,  DORA got converted into a mobile digital learning centre to help people in  Christchurch communities so they could connect to the internet and communicate  after the earthquake tragedy there.
  • Since 2012, DORA has been going round and round Aotearoa New Zealand as a digital champion being used to help people learn digital skills and connect to the internet.

WOW – Over the past year to the end of June 2024,  DORA helped 2,355 participants in 61 locations,  over  11 regions around Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • DORA and Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa (DIAA) works collaboratively  and respectfully – DIAA has over 350 partners NZ-wide.
  • DORA is looked after by local drivers and tutors wherever DORA goes.

DORA has become a NZ icon

Not bad for an ‘old codger’ eh?

We reckon there is still ‘plenty in the tank’ to go yet  too.

If you are around in Whanganui from 18 to 29 November 2024, come and visit us and learn how to become a Super Ager…

 

DORA The Bus Goes Round And Round is an illustrated  children’s story written by Bruce Potter, published in 2022 by Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa
https://www.thechildrensbookshop.co.nz/p/dora-the-bus-goes-round-and-round?barcode=9780473594077

Also, Bruce has  made this into a video edition with Morgan Potter https://youtu.be/TcwAFJsna7g

This blog post is a collaborative creation by Alistair Fraser, with the innovative assistance of OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 and DALL-E 3, highlighting the synergy of human creativity and advanced AI technology.

 

 

 

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