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2014 Annual Report | Case Study: Digital Opportunity Trust featured by Igloo Software
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Back to dotrust.org. Case Study: Digital Opportunity Trust featured by Igloo Software. Since 2012, Digital Opportunity Trust’s internal community has been operating using Igloo, an intranet-managing software. The DOT intranet is key in linking youth networks around the world – connecting Interns with staff back at the Ottawa headquarters, and allowing those same young people to share their ideas and solutions with other teams internationally. Click here to read the full Q&A with Anne.
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2014 Annual Report | Financial Report
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Back to dotrust.org. An impressive record of revenue growth. A detailed financial overview is available on the Canada Revenue Agency’s registered charity directory. To create global networks of talented, energetic young leaders who make a real change by educating local communities to apply technology effectively to real life. To eradicate poverty, vulnerability and gender inequality by giving all people the skills and knowledge to use technology to achieve educational, social and economic opportunities.
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2014 Annual Report | First round of ReachUp! North already empowering Indigenous youth in Canada
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Back to dotrust.org. First round of ReachUp! North already empowering Indigenous youth in Canada. The first round of ReachUp! North is now well underway in Ottawa, and the Interns have been offering the program out of the City of Ottawa’s YouthZone and the Odawa Native Friendship Centre. A dedicated group of participants are nearly half done the program, and are expected to graduate next month. Josh says this first round has been a learning experience when it comes to recruiting participants and facilita...
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2014 Annual Report | Offering ICT training sessions to young people with disabilities
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Back to dotrust.org. Offering ICT training sessions to young people with disabilities. As part of Rwanda Disability Week, DOT Rwanda offered an ICT training session to 30 young people with disabilities. The primary purpose of the training was for participants to become comfortable with both the language and practical knowledge to use computers. The DOT Rwanda team delivered an ICT module from ReachUp! After participants became comfortable trying new things on the computers, they were less fearful about d...
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2014 Annual Report | A New Generation of Entrepreneurs: Douglas Mwangi
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Back to dotrust.org. A New Generation of Entrepreneurs: Douglas Mwangi. In addition to the four main services provided, Oasis Centre facilitates and teach practical entrepreneurial skills such as barbery, bead work, basketry, and photography to unemployed women and youths of Mathare slums to gain a sustainable livelihood. Through this, we have been able to empower women and youths who have created employment to more than 50 youths in different areas. Join our mailing list.
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2014 Annual Report | Celebrating Africa Youth Day through a Skills Development Expo
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Back to dotrust.org. Celebrating Africa Youth Day through a Skills Development Expo. Africa Youth Day is about celebrating and honouring the skills and ideas of young people across the continent who are working hard to change their lives and their communities for the better. In Kampala, the DOT Uganda team took a leadership role in helping plan a two-day skills development expo under the theme “Youth taking the Lead.”. In order to create opportunities for themselves. The other speakers supported DOT̵...
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2014 Annual Report | Equipping urban refugees with entrepreneurship skills
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Back to dotrust.org. Equipping urban refugees with entrepreneurship skills. DOT Tanzania has partnered with Asylum Access Tanzania (AATZ) in order to empower urban refugees living in Dar es Salaam with the entrepreneurship and ICT skills needed for them to start new lives. As a result of the partnership, a group of AATZ clients participated in DOT Tanzania’s ReachUp! Program in the fall of 2014. Tanzania is known for being a generous country for granting asylum. Refugees come to Tanzania as a result ...
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2014 Annual Report | DOT Ethiopia launches five-year entrepreneurship and business growth initiative
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Back to dotrust.org. DOT Ethiopia launches five-year entrepreneurship and business growth initiative. On February 28, 2014, DOT Ethiopia held an official ceremony to launch the Entrepreneurship and Business Growth in Ethiopia (EGB) project, a new initiative that will equip youth with the 21st century skills they require to find jobs, start and grow their own businesses, and spur economic growth. Join our mailing list.
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2014 Annual Report | A New Generation of Entrepreneurs: Aimée Noella Akayezu
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Back to dotrust.org. A New Generation of Entrepreneurs: Aimée Noella Akayezu. Meet Aimée Noella, a 25-year-old Rwandan woman who is quickly making waves on the international stage as a voice for Rwandan youth and entrepreneurs.Noella joined DOT Rwanda in 2012 as a recent graduate from the mechanical engineering program at the Kigali Institute of Sciences and Technology. During her 10-month Internship, Noella facilitated DOT’s ReachUp! And in May she was a panelist at the Skoll World Forum. To create glob...
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