Sentence 1: There is thus growing interest in Community Informatics as an approach to understanding of how different ICTs can enable and empower marginalized communities to achieve their collective goals .
Sentence 2: The interest in Community Informatics is thus growing as an approach to understanding how different ICTs can empower and empower marginalized communities to achieve their collective goals .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?