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Notable OVF Related Presentations
and Papers:
oneVillage Foundation Overview:
A series of unzippable documents
introducing oneVillage Foundation
Giving Voice and Power to the People
is a presentation given by Joy Tang - Founder
and President of the oneVillage Foundation - originally
to members of the US Congress, May 13-20, 2003
in Washington, DC. The Powerpoint
version was recently updated and given to the
Abundant Learning book club in Fremont California
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The Commons Planetwork
Commons presentation given by Mark Roest
at the PlaNetwork Forum at the Exploratorium on
June of 2003.
Knowledge Transfer Between Cultures
Joerg Geier of the Young Think-Tank Club
of Rome made a presentation on Knowledge
Transfer between Cultures at the December 2003
World Summit on Information Society Conference
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Downloadable Documents Detailing OVF
Related Projects
CatchITYoung The CatchITYoung
program
is designed to promote ICT education to the youth
in Ghana.
Sports People That Care The
Sports
People that Care Program
is organized by OVF Ghana and is designed to use
sports to raise awareness about AIDS in Ghana.
Unity Center Ecovillage
The Unity Center Concept is the foundation of
OVF's work. Unity
Centers (Word) such as this one proposed
for Abudi Farm in Nigeria are envisioned by OVF
as multipurpose centers. The primary goal of these
centers is to enable people to come closer to
realizing their full potential in life through
highly intensive and integrated learning environments.
Community Knowledgebase Development System
(CKDS)
The Community Knowledge Delivery System or CKDS
was a joint project between the Dalai Lama Foundation,
Minciu Sodas and oneVillage Foundation. The goal
of the project was to solicit funds funds from
the Open Society Institute to develop a knowledge
collection system for underserved communities
using portable and wireless ICT technologies.
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