ACTion!!!+plan...

Digital Divide:hum. IK

=ACTION PLAN=

1. The name of your organization: J SMILE J

2. Your specific topic: Our Organization is striving to provide the people in the Uganda area with accessible technology such as television and computers.

3. The purpose- Why are you doing this action? We are doing this because in today’s modern world, technology has become necessary to succeed in nearly every type of job or position that pays significantly above minimum wage.

4. The message- Why should people be informed about this issue? They should know because this is a global issue and so more people could donate their old/used computers to them instead of throwing them away in the junkyard. If more people actually concede to donate technology then more people will be able to push their way out of poverty. These people will know firsthand how serious of an issue the digital divide has become and may donate technology of their own to the cause and inform the public of the situation. Of course this will happen whether we inform people or not but the more people we tell the faster this change will happen.

5. A goal- make sure this is a project that can be done and hopefully continued Our goal is to let 10 underprivileged children in Uganda receive a computer and get volunteers to teach then how to use it.

6. A short-term plan for achieving your goal (keep it simple and don’t be too ambitious- again make sure you CAN actually do this) Our plan is to spread the news of digital divide and after that, we could then work with other organizations such as Inveneo, Close the Gap and InterConnection and get people to donate old/used computers and televisions. For example, raise money and donate it to them, volunteer to their events/ activities, raise awareness about the issue by giving out flyers, making posters etc.

7. A long-term plan for achieving your goal After raising the money, we donate them and computers or other education digital devices (if we got any). Then, we will find an organization that provides education digital devices in Uganda and donate it to them. We will TRY to get volunteers from Uganda. After we improve the technology in a school located in Uganda we will move on to another school and so on.

8. Resources needed for this action plan We will need some volunteers that know how to use a computer well, lots of fund-raising activity to raise money, a place to store used/old computers we collected, and people who will donate their used/old computer.

9. Division of responsibilities- who will do what? Megan- posters, googles docs Jessendra-spread the word, wiki Noah- write stuff

Digital Divide HUM. IK