Countries 
Europe
Macedonia
Background
Macedonia is a small country of two million people located on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. Macedonia is a young country, having gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. At the time of its independence, Macedonia was one of the least developed former Yugoslav republics, though the country has slowly attained economic stability. As the country has developed, so has the technology infrastructure. Of the total population, 19.2% of Macedonians have access to the internet, an increase of 1200% since the year 2000. World Links' goal has been to make sure every teacher has access, thus spreading the technology to the youth of Macedonia.
Turkey
World Links has been active in Turkey since September 1998, when the first schools were connected to the Internet. World Links is working closely with the Ministry of Education to support the 22 schools in the pilot phase of the World Links project. 500 teacher have attended World Links training workshops, and 1284 students have been trainined in the uses of ICTs in educaiton. Over one hundred educational projects are currently underway