You might this article interesting: professor embeds computer in hole-in-the-wall in Delhi slum and leaves the kids to get on with it...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10663353
Trouble is offshore coders will always be cheaper and the blue chip companies all tend to favour those over homegrown coders nowadays. However... one niche market might be to train up as a COBOL programmer. There's large numbers of COBOL programmers reaching retirement age and not being replaced...