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Njideka U. Harry <ytf@youthfortechnology.org>

Chinyere P. Mbachu <get2chichi2002@yahoo.com>

Charles U. Eke <bychief@yahoo.com>

Peter O. Jack <pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk>


Dear Njideka:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).  Glad to hear from you again after almost 5 years absence.

I read your msg and web site with great interest.  My wholehearted congratulations to your substantial progress since then.

Pls convey my best personal regards to Chinyere whom I met at the ÒDigital Bridge AfricaÓ conference which was held on 6/23 to 26/04 in Abuja, Nigeria by Charles Eke.

(2) I would strongly suggest that you contact Peter Jack at your earliest convenience.

He is now organizing a workshop — probably on next January 14th or so — in Nigeria, and I hope I would be invited to attend it.

You may describe your project at this workshop if PeterÕs project team can include it.

I may be able to meet you at this occasion, too.

Wishing you a very good luck to your excellent endeavor.

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


From: <ytf@youthfortechnology.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:18:48 -0500 (CDT)
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Please Help Us Reach This Goal - The "New Owerri Digital Village"

Dear Tak:

On behalf of Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF), I am writing to request your support as we embark on a new journey – to design and construct the very first sustainable community center in West Africa, the ÒNew Owerri Digital VillageÓ (NODV).

Please take a moment to learn more about the NODV here:
http://wwww.givingglobal.org/projects/sustainable-building-for-owerri-digital-village/

One may ask Òhow does YTF justify building a state-of-the art sustainable community center in a socially disadvantaged community where people are hungry, unemployed and under-educatedÓ?  The answer is simple; the New Owerri Digital Village goes beyond architectural utility.  The project is a new paradigm of thinking - one of creating a self-sustaining and an environmentally healthy community. A community that understands and benefits from the synergy between environmental sustainability and social equity.

Sustainable construction implies a strong commitment to local culture, skills and materials while meeting the needs and resources of disadvantaged people in rural communities, most of whom are youth and women.

Locals will be trained daily as part of the construction project and unskilled workers will learn marketable skills from tradesmen, creating an opportunity for rural dwellers to escape poverty.  By using local people and local materials, YTF will help to keep as much money in the community as possible, giving young people a reason to stay and develop their surroundings instead of migrating to the urban communities already ridden with crime, unemployment and congestion.

Technology courses, career development training, life-skills workshops and environmental education workshops are a few programs that will be developed and implemented at the NODV.  The center will also provide a meeting ÒhubÓ for at least 50,000 people in the first two years, with a systemic impact on at least 400,000 people.

YTF is looking to raise $300,000 for the New Owerri Digital Village and no amount is too small to help us towards this cause.  I am personally asking that you consider making a financial contribution to YTFÕs project on Global Giving at:
http://wwww.givingglobal.org/projects/sustainable-building-for-owerri-digital-village/

The NODV represents not just a building but a hope for the future.  Thank you for your trust in us and for your support of the important work that YTF does.

Sincerely,

Njideka U. Harry
Founder, YTF
http://www.youthfortechnology.org
502-548-1436 or 864-236-4910

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Njideka U. Harry
Founder, YTF
Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF)
Owerri Digital Village
Blocks E & F Okigwe Road
Owerri. Imo State
Nigeria
(234)-0803-562-4234
502-548-1436 or 864-236-4910
ytf@youthfortechnology.org
www.youthfortechnology.org
or
Chinyere P. Mbachu
Program Manager
Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF)
Owerri Digital Village
23219, 60th Place South, Suite #4
Kent, Washington 98032
(425) 681‑3920
get2chichi2002@yahoo.com

Charles U. Eke
Founder / CEO
Infotex Systems, Inc.
1045 Woodland Ave.
Plainfield, NJ 07060
908.405.7441
Tel: (908) 722-1093
cel: 908.884.7333 or 908.405.7441
Fax: (908) 754-5042
bychief@yahoo.com
ceke@infotexsystems.com
Or
Systemax Information Technologies, Ltd.
135 Ogunlana Drive, Suru Lere
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel/Fax +234-1-481-7471
Tel: 0803.321.0774, 0805.530.8904, 0803.373.4962

Peter O. Jack
Training Consultant/Director
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Federal Ministry of Science & Technology
Plot 695, Port-Harcourt Crescent
Off Gimbiya Street,
Area 11, Garki, Abuja - Nigeria
Tel: 09-3142925 (Ext 102)
Fax: 09-3142924
GSM: 08023112676
GSM: 0805 5007777
08033122299
pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk
or
PhD Candidate,
International Information Technology Policy Program (ITPP),
Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP),
College of Engineering,
Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea
ROK: +8210-8680-5455
+8210-2897-7761
NIG: +234-80-2311-2676
UK: +44-770-483-9569
peterjack@temep.snu.ac.kr
pj2000ngr@yahoo.co.uk

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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA                           *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.)          *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education           *
* Founder and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of                         *
*   Global University System (GUS)                                            *
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* Tel: 718-939-0928; Email: utsumi@columbia.edu                               *
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