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Organization

OFOK ngo

Website of the Organization

http://www.ofongo.org

What is your role in this organization?:

Chairman

Your email address

shaarawy@ofoksystems.com

Tipo de organizacion/sector

Civil Society

What does your organization do? (100 Words Max.)

ohnet.ofokngo.org

Competences Areas

e-Learning, e-Health, Open Source Software, Policies and Regulation

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Ofok NGO respectfully presents its ‘ICT 4 All’ project to train 100,000 undergraduate students in ICT courses from the Cisco Networking Academy and Sun Microsystems Academy.

'ICT 4 All' is an innovative project that was initiated by the Ofok Human Development Initiative (OHDI) to contribute to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). The aim is to bring IT literacy to as many people as possible by offering ICT courses accredited from global IT pillars such as Cisco Networking Academy and Sun Microsystems Academy through scholarships targeting public universities. Undergraduate students will be taught by an instructor, have access to an online curriculum, and take their exams online in addition to receive discounts on internationally recognized certifications.

Needs Overview
Despite Egypt being a leading country in the field of ICT in the MENA region, there is nonetheless a great deal of IT illiteracy among the youth. As an NGO working in the field of education using ICT, Ofok launched its ‘Human Development Initiative’ to promote the culture of e-learning, the use of Open Source technology and to establish a concrete Human Network “OHNet” in order to create better opportunities for the youth

A. Organizational Overview
Ofok's mission is to help individuals develop their careers, find employment and to provide them with the right skills to start a micro-enterprise or SMB. Ofok is self funded, working on a self sustainable model and taking full advantage of the opportunities presented by development initiatives taking place in Egypt to empower the youth.

B. Description of Programs
The programs offered by ‘ICT 4 All’ are designed in two phases to gently allow students to gradually progress in their knowledge of ICT.

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At 4:53pm on March 19, 2009, Jacob B. Odame said…: Hi Shaarawy,
There is currently a discussion in the Low Cost Information Access Devices group on Issues on Applying low cost information technologies to foster development . You are invited to make input to the discussions.

Many thanks,

Jacob

At 2:15pm on March 4, 2009, Jacob B. Odame said…: Thanks for inviting me to your network. It is very great. I will engage over there as well.

At 7:40pm on March 3, 2009, Jacob B. Odame said…: Thank you Shaarawy for accepting the invitation I sent you on the telecentre.org. Please engage by joining the group discussions.

Jacob