oneVillage Foundation

Group email List
To start, we created the list of the emails from everyone. If you know of someone who is not listed here, please forward this email to him/her and have them contact Joy Tang (joy@onevillage.biz) She will then add them to the list.

Group Values
One of the things we did at the meeting is get together into groups and then think about what kind of values are important to us in our lives. There was no specific order or categories created, but rather it was a way to build common ground in the groups and to see how our various values fit together.

Group Photos
one participant PH took photos from the event AND uploaded them to the web. Take a look... Those who participated can refresh those fun moments and feel connected again, while those who did not can get a taste of what it was like.

Group Communication Portal
We are currently working with Jesse Taylor to develop a portal for oneVillage. The theme is that of *HOPE* for village builders like you. We would like the group to consider using it and we can co-design the portal with the technical designer to meet our needs. Joy added her profile and has senr an invitation for you to join on Aug. 26 (several people have already joined). Here is a quick look at Joy's profile on this *Village of Hope* portal.

The goal is to bring people in the SF Bay Area who are promoting healthy eating, civic engagement and entrepreneurs, caring for the community, utilization of multi-media for storytelling, artistic expression. This sort of incubator is now being talking about all over the world with people organizing events in cafes and hubs of *consciousness.

We seek to create an event of music, presentation, storytelling that can help to promote our mesage and offer a platform for various business opportunities related to the realization of the oneVillage mission.

Group Member's Call for Action
*Princess Diana* Grippo prepared the following for us to consider: (in the Village of Hope portal, we could add the section for project for action request, for instance).

Be a Mentor:

YOMMP - Youth Outreach Media Mentor Program - is looking for adults to mentor high school students. The program is at Menlo-Atherton High School's Computer Academy and the commitment is only once a month! We have a set curriculum on Entrepreneurial Skills, so you don't have to come up with anything witty or interesting - Just follow the directions. For more details, go to the YOMMP site.

About oneVillage Foundation
The one Village Foundation seeks to assist people in Africa in overcoming the AIDS pandemic by addressing immediate needs such as in the construction of treatment centers and orphanages, while also providing a proactive and whole systems platform to promote sustainable development in Africa…and beyond. We seek to promote social enterprise solutions that integrate ICT with sustainable development in both developing and developed regions of the world. We are dedicated to increasing collaboration and access to ICT in under-served communities all over the world as part of a process of building local problem-solving capabilities, and increasing the level of economic opportunity for all who share our commitment to socially conscious and sustainable economic development. See our newsletter for the latest update on the work.