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Information & communications technologies (ICT) are powerful tools to help Ghana rapidly develop its economy. This includes increasing collaboration and access to ICT in under-served communities through secondary and tertiary education, technology education, community empowerment, health monitoring and education, resources accessibility, economic development, facilitating local content creation and dissemination, and building bridges among digital communities locally.

Considerable time and effort have been invested in ICT for Development efforts in Ghana. This includes a leadership role in the formation of national ICT policies focusing on youth and organizing youth activists. Our ICT augmented development and training programs put personal development and team building at the forefront of this effort.

Goals:

	Increase the access to ICT in under-served communities to address the digital divide and increase economic opportunity.
	Accelerate local content creation and dissemination ensuring Ghana's Voice is heard within the global society.
	Promote community oriented sustainable development model for Ghana.

Strategy
OVF Ghana's strategy is to develop oneVillage Initiative (OVI) through income generating, social enterprises. The proceeds from these ventures will fund the development of Multi-purpose (Unity) Centers, starting initially with the set up of Open Digital Villages. These centers will facilitate and promote integrated/multi-sectorial development approaches as consistent with the development model put forward in our OVI approach. This program in Ghana will demonstrate the compelling need for integrated and whole systems approaches to development at the grassroots level.

Current Focus Projects:

	Winneba Open Digital Village - WODiV center is a social enterprise that offers a range of ICT services to the Winneba Region.
	SROWIE Mixed Farmers Cooperative - OVF Ghana works with a local coop in Jukwa to develop practices that empower farmers by reducing poverty and promoting quality food production through cooperative farming.

Past Projects:

	Sports People that Care (SPTC) brings reigning sports clubs together in match ups to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and treatment.
	Winneba Linux Users Group (WiLUG) - OVF Ghana helped establish the Winneba Linux User Group. They promote a whole range of open source solutions as a powerful antidote to the digital divide in Ghana at the University of Education in Winneba, Ghana.
	Catch IT Young - Promotes Information Technology for Development Clubs in Pre-tertiary Educational Institutions.