Below is a listing
of OVF focus projects that we have determined to be integral
to OVF's overall development.
Projects currently in development:
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DigitalWorld
Forum on Accessible and Inclusive ICT -
The consortium brings together a plethora
of experience and practical knowledge relevant to
the development of low-cost initiatives for Accessible
ICT.
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Jukwa
Srowie Mixed Farmer's Coop
- In Jukwa, Ghana, we have funded a process
enabling the local farmers cooperative to secure a
palm oil processing plant (still under construction).
The focus for the next year is to develop integrated
farming practices along with a small bio-diesel facility
to utilize a portion of the palm oil produced for
local energy needs. Future plans are to develop this
facility into a center for sustainable agriculture.
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OVF
Ghana Service Learning Project
- The OVF-NTHU Back to the Root Service Learning
Project will provide opportunities for students to
volunteer to aid OVF effort by conducting necessary
research relevant to developing OVI social enterprise
component. NTHU Taiwan university students will go
to Ghana and do service learning work there.
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Winneba
Ghana Open Digital Village - This
the first Open
Digital Village (WODIV) as a early stage Multipurpose
Community (Unity) Center (UC) will foster connections
with the existing ICT programs at the University the
University of Education Winneba, Ghana (UEW), while
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Current Program Development Focus Areas:
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Back to the Root Culture and EcoTourism -
Program will enable knowledge exchange between cultures.
It will involve the development of a ecotourism and
workshop program built around Unity Centers. When
fully developed people will have a chance to experience
African culture and in the process heal from the stresses
and traumas of modern life, becoming more effective
and productive “change agents” in creating a sustainable
global society. |
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Open
Digital Villages (Holistic ICT for EcoLiving)
- Through the Open Digital Village program,
research in holistic ICT for Ecoliving such as the
DigtalWorld Project will lead to the development of
open source and open content best practices for sustainable
development in emerging markets. |
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EcoLiving
Solutions - This Complements the
Open Digital Villages Program creating an added layer
of oneVillage Initiative. While starting up virtually
and through network building, this program will eventually
be developed into a working holsitic model of sustainability
called the Multi-purpose Commuity & Unity Center.
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Core Objectives for our Work and Projects
in 08
In 2008 we seek to integrate the programs
listed above into a comprehensive approach to sustainable
development focusing on the devleopment of the village level
(rural) economy that includes the deployment of Multipurpose
Centers.
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Raising
money to develop a core infrastucture through the
promotion of social enterprises |
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Deploy relevant
appropriate technologies to underserved communities
through what we call Multi-purpose Community &
Unity Centers |
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Promote services
to underserved communities through whole systems approach |
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How
our Programs and Projects Come Together |
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oneVillage
Foundation Initiative is the central initiative
that links all the programs and projects of OVF together
as part of a multisectorial /integrated /whole systems
approach to sustainable development. The methodology
behind this program is a Asset
Based Community Development (ABCD) model
that emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach
to community building that includes key human components.
Integrated
Knowledge Wheel (Mandala) is used to help
evaluate local needs and assets based on each sector
or pillar of the IKW.
The Multipurpose
Community & Unity Center (UCs) is
our capstone project and as such it will eventually
house the projects mentioned below as it evolves into
a fully fledged ecovillage. UCs are envisioned as working
models of an integrated approach to sustainable development.
When fully developed each Center will be a model of
self-sustainability and self-reliance.
UCs will provide experiential hands-on experiences,
as part of a proactive and whole systems platform to
promote sustainable development in Africa…and beyond.
The Centre will promote social enterprise solutions
that integrate ICT with sustainable development in both
developing and developed regions of the world. We are
now planning to set up these centers in each of the
three countries we now operate in by the end of 2008.
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