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What
is INitiate?
Project INitiate-Nepal (INternational
IT Instructional Assistance and Training Efforts), an overseas community
service project originated by Buona Vista Community Club Youth Executive
Committee, under the People's Association Youth Movement (the largest
volunteers based youth organisation in Singapore). |
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What
are its objectives?
To increase I.T awareness and literacy
in a developing countries by introducing computer technology in selected
government schools or government agencies by means of providing the
hardware, software and a comprehensive IT training programme. |
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Why Initiate?
Project INitiate, which was officially
launched by Mr Lim Swee Say, Acting Minister for Environment &
Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology in
June 1999, aims to create awareness of computer technology to youths
and students in developing countries by means of: |
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Extending a helping
hand to our friends with skills and technology that we possess. |
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Encouraging others to
find beneficial ways of extending the life-span of recent technologies. |
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Nurturing
and instilling the spirit of caring, sharing and compassion
amongst local youths and encourage a sense of thoughtfulness
for the less fortunate and most importantly learn to appreciate
what they have been provided at home. |
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Further propelling friendly
ties with our neighbours into the future.
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| How to qualify
as a INitiate implementation site? |
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out more here |
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| What
we hope to achieve? |
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Participants
are given the opportunity to be equipped with IT skills. |
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IT training
be adopted as an integral part of overall training; participants
would learn to embrace the wonders of IT technology. |
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To create
to successful implementation model to be clone to the other
part of the country. |
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Other organisations
would also tread our path in this quest to help even more people,
especially youth around the world. |
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| Expansion Plans |
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With the success of the implementation
model in Nepal, INitiate is moving on to other developing countries
to implement a similar programme.
Todate, we have received numerous requests
from authorities in Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Seychelles,
Indonesia and Bhutan to embark on a programme in their country.
We are currently in the evaluation stages.
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| Local network |
| In view that Project
INitiate is a programme that has been widely received by youth in
Singapore, we are in the process of involving more of youth organisation
to undertake the implementation of the programme in other countries.
By adopting the franchise concept, we provide a set of standard operating
procedures to these organisation to assist them in the rolling out
process. Active involvement by the INitiate Nepal team and guidance
by the secretariat is also provided to these organisations throughout
the various stages of implementation. |
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| International
network |
| Besides having
volunteers in Singapore, Project INitiate has involved volunteers
from UK, Slovenia, Hong Kong (China), Australia and Indonesia in its
pilot project. We have also received the support from organisations
in the United Kingdom to participate in the overseas community service
activities. Additionally, with the strong network of over 100 universities
from the United States of America and Australia, this sizeable number
of overseas volunteers would definitely boost the success of the INitiate
Programme. |
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| Vision |
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The Project INitiate plans to reach out
to at least 3 Asian countries by year 2002 and 2 regions within
Africa by year 2003.
By the end of year 2004, the Project
INitiate will be able to establish an international network with
countries of each major continent.
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