| 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:
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Increase the
access to ICT in under-served communities to
address the digital divide and increase economic
opportunity. |
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Accelerate
local content creation and dissemination ensuring
Ghana's Voice is heard within the global society. |
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Promote community
oriented sustainable development model for Ghana. |
Strategy
OVF Ghana's strategy is to develop oneVillage
Initiative (OVI) through income generating enterprises.
The proceeds from these ventures will fund the development
of Multipurpose
Community and 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:
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Winneba
Open Digital Village - WODiV
will function as cyber cafe, taking advantage
of the emerging market for ICT services in Winneba
that is currently being driven by the expansion
of the local University. The center will also
have an educational and research focus. Moving
towards the practical implement of oneVillage
Initiative's integrated approach, the Winneba
Linux User Group (WILUG) and Catch IT Young
programs will be consolidated into WODV.
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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:
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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.
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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. |
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Catch
IT Young
- Promotes Information Technology
for Development Clubs in Pre-tertiary Educational
Institutions. |
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