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Issue 2, November 2007

by Emily Marks — last modified 2007-11-22 16:21

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THANK YOU!
Interns
DOT would like to thank the Cisco Systems Foundation, CIDA and USAID for thier continuing support and investment in our work. 

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FEATURED INTERN
Mentwab Abiy - Ethiopian Intern
Mentwab Abiy
DOT Ethiopia ReachUp! Intern

"Working with DOT has given me the opportunity to pursue my passion of working in community development."

Learn more about Mentwab...

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WHAT WE DO
Ethiopia group photo
Digital Opportunity Trust creates educational and economic opportunities through the use of information and communication technologies for communities and people living in the developing world.

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FEATURED PROJECT
Slum Art Attack
'Slum Art Attack'
DOT Kenya ReachUp! Project

Four ReachUp! community participants have worked together to propose an art centre where young people can create their own pieces of art.

Click here to learn more about this project.

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QUOTE OF THE MONTH

 "Always do right.  This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
- Mark Twain

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FEATURED PARTNER
SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages

This DOT Ethiopia partner has played an instrumental role in the ReachUp! program. 

Learn more about our partner.

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NEWSLETTERS

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Issue #2 - November 2007
Welcome to the second monthly issue of 'Opportunity Knocks', the electronic newsletter of Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT).

DOT provides the world's communities with the tools and resources needed to promote locally driven social and economic development through the use of information and communications technologies (ICT).  Our programs enable youth, women and communities around the world to learn about technology by helping people to relate that to every day life.

In this issue, we discuss the impact that DOT USA has made on education, expanding tourism opportunities in Jordan, impacting Youth Polytechnics in Kenya and a special 'thank you' to our partners for Africa.  We also profile a Featured Intern, Project and Partner in the blue column as part of our ongoing monthly showcase.

We look forward to sharing these stories with you.  If you would like to learn more about us, please visit our website.
 
Yours truly,
Emily Marks
Newsletter Editor, Digital Opportunity Trust


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Sept 20 Event - NOLA DOT USA Impact on Education
On September 20, 2007, the DOT Global Board, State Education Officials and the New Orleans area community had the opportunity to learn firsthand how DOT USA's TeachUp! program facilitates a dynamic learning environment in classrooms across Louisiana and Mississippi.


Speaking at the awareness event reception later that evening to congratulate the DOT USA team for their tremendous efforts were Peg Maddocks, Cisco's Director of the 21S Initiative for Mississippi; Jules Hahn, Director for the Jefferson Parish Public School System and Dr. William J. Miller, Director for the Louisiana Department of Education.
 
Click here to learn more...


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Wadi Rum articleNetCorps Jordan enables Tourism Opportunities
The Wadi Rum Information Technology Network Project aims to support the increase of community-based tourism opportunities through building the capacities of CBOs and tourism-oriented entrepreneurs and businesses.

Click here to learn more...


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Clara Mutung'u DOT Kenya intern Youth Polytechnics ReachUp!
The Ministry of Youth Affairs has entered into an agreement with DOT Kenya to pilot the innovative and pioneering ReachUp! programme in government assisted Youth Polytechnics.

Click here to learn more...


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Partners for Africa

DOT would like to acknowledge our longstanding partnership with CIDA and their support for Africa.  With support from the CIDA Partnership Branch, DOT Africa was launched in March 2005. In its initial phase (2005-2007), Ethiopia and Kenya have been selected as focal countries to recruit and train young Kenyan and Ethiopian university graduates to provide ICT for development (ICT4D) capacity building to thousands of community participants.

DOT would also like to recognize the Academy for Educational Development (AED), an American-based international NGO, for their financial contributions for the prepartation of an independent Scalability and Sustainability assessment of the DOT Ethiopia program.  The report's conclusions were very positive and served to position DOT Ethiopia as an important program for responding to the high interest for ICT-enabled micro-entrepreneurial training in agri-business and other small enterprise contexts.

Thank you for your support. 

Learn more about other DOT Ethiopia and DOT Kenya Partners...


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 Message to Our Readers

Thank you for your ongoing support and contributions to the success of Digital Opportunity Trust.

If you would like to share your feedback, or if you are a DOT Intern or alumnus and would like to share your success story, please contact me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Emily Marks

email: newsletter@dotrust.org
website: www.dotrust.org