Project cost: Current costs are minimal due to the fact that it is a all-volunteer program

Project Status: In progress as part of the Ghana Digital Project.

This program is being considered as part of a Open and Distance Learning Program for high school students.

Needs: Computers and funding for trainers and other supplies

Location: Schools throughout Ghana

Vision: To educate the youth about ICT and introduce them to the skills need to prosper in the information economy.

Rationale: CatchITYoung is a platform and strategy to ensure youth empowerment. It does this by developing youth readiness to promote quality and visible contributions to national development through the use of ICT tools that have been proven to increase student performance. Basic Computer literacy with internet applications is key to overcoming the digital divide.

Design: It is designed to work with educators all over Ghana to develop Information Technology Clubs in primary and secondary schools that complement conventional education curriculum and teach students how to use computers and the internet.

Target Groups: Primary and secondary students

OVF Founder Joy Tang teaching African girl how to use a computer

The African Youth Initiative is one of the founders of this program

Students in Ghana participating in the CatchITYoung Program

Project cost: TBD

Project Status: Concept development and initial planning

Needs: Computers and funding for trainers and other supplies

Location: Schools and after-school learning centers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania

Vision: An interdisciplinary approach to learning that teaches students to in the words of ecological design pioneer John Todd "think like an ecosystem."

Rationale: This is proposed as a way to integrate and promote a cooperative effort between the OVF hubs located in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and USA. Educational content is distributed to the hubs via a open and distance learning program.

Design: Develop a full immersion education program that complements and augments conventional learning programs. This will include hands on experiments that will cultivate critical as well as whole systems thinking that challengers preconceived notions of reality.

Target Groups: Secondary students