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Background/History
oneVillage.biz Consulting and Business Solutions is
the brain child Joy Tang, a former Cisco business development
executive. Her work for Cisco in Africa made her aware
of the compelling and urgent need to take action to
help underserved communities not only in Africa, but
throughout the world.
oneVillage Foundation which originally began as the
AIDS Relief Foundation seeks to build a global social
network, which includes people from all over the world
and from all types of fields and areas of expertise.
We are determined to remake the world by coming together,
village by village.
The Forty Million Hopefuls presentation Joy Tang gave
to Congress in 2003 was based on the evolutionary process
of developing OVF into a social enterprise driven venture.
This presentation was the basis for the development
of the oneVillage.biz website, which emphasizes social
entrepreneurship and market development.
Our vision
We see the united global village - the human
heart of gold - caring for each other's well-being
and celebrating life.
Mission
To build an ICT platform that serves the heart of the
community, and to establish businesses that meet its
economic and environmental needs. oneVillage.biz is
focusing on building a bottom-up economy. To do this
we are looking at how information and communication
technologies can aid in the process of not only alleviating
poverty but in promoting ecologically and socially conscious
economic development (www.onevillagefoundation.org).
Core themes:
oneVillage is a process of *Getting Back to the Root*
Eco-living is needed everywhere in both developed and
developing nations
Promote the sharing and expanding of opportunity
Design for sustainability
Promote the social enterprise model—triple bottom
line—considering economy, environment, and social
equity
Support humanity in solving the world’s urgent
issues together - quickly.
Goals:
Develop Social Enterprises Platform facilitates organizational
management,
fundraising, recruiting, budgeting, project management
and dialogue, for the
collaborators, their supporters and their communities.
Develop an e-commerce module for international marketing
of African
products and services from the villages (which can also
be used to support
local economic development).
Identify Silicon Valley (and global) assets that can
assist in the bottom up economy).
Provide remote (U.S.-based, via email or telephone)
consulting for the collaborators when requested, including
the following topics that represent Knowledge for Empowerment:
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