Youth for Technology Foundation, Owerri Digital Village, holds its 3rd graduation ceremony of young entrepreneurs- Global Education Telecommunity Initiative

For Immediate Release

CONTACT
Chinyere Mbachu
Program Manager
Crafties Youth Initiative
get2chichi2002@yahoo.com

Youth for Technology Foundation’s, Owerri Digital Village will hold the 3rd graduation of its GEI youth on May 18, 2005 at the premises. 10 youth will be honored for their hard work and dedication to the program and will be given certificates of merit in completing a program utilizing information and communication technology to address the issue of Ecosystem and water purification in Owerri Local community.
Global Education Tele-community Initiative is a Global Learning Community Comprising of 20 Networked International Education HUB’s at Schools and Community-Based Learning Centers across the United States and in Developing Countries like Nigeria (Owerri Digital Village)
Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF) is leading the Africa efforts of GEI to connect youth at community technology and learning centers (CTLC) with one another. GEI (a project of John C. Ford Programme) is a joint venture of international grassroots public primary and secondary schools, CTLC’s, universities and leading international businesses to achieve education reform.
The mission of GEI is to end the education, digital, gender and cultural divide by providing a project-based link between the classroom and real world.
It is a youth-led programme that focused on Ecosystem and water Purification.
The first GEI presentation session was held in May 12, 2004 (which focused on Water Purification) whereas the second presentation was held in November 6 2004 (which focused on e-cyclopedia) ODV youth came first throughout the whole world.

Congratulations to Owerri Digital Village youth.