In the fall of 2006 Mugorewase was able to sign up for the health plan at a reduced rate (subsidized by the MillenniumVillages project) via the Webcam.
There was much early criticism of the MillenniumVillages by those who felt that country-wide programmes to keep girls in schools or immunise babies were fairer and more likely to deliver sustainable improvements.
"Now mobile phone ownership is perhaps 30% of households and cell phone coverage is widespread, " said Sachs, director of the United Nations MillenniumVillages Project, which focuses on improving 14 rural villages across 10 African countries as a model for wider prosperity in the region.