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Values
-Respect the planet and dignity of all,
supporting their health, and well being.
-Use renewable energy resources whenever possible
-Form an appreciation for each other's
cultures, values, ideas and ways of life!
-Additional values
it is a condition created by us all! Design by Vusi Sindane
Implementation by M. van der Wel
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 | A Tiny Shift
In Connecting
Schools
"Our mission is to advance education through access to the
Internet in under-serviced schools and communities by
providing equipment, services, technical
expertise and assistance to educators in areas of computer and Internet use.”.
We are an Ontario, Canada non-profit corporation that was formed February 4, 2011
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Our Mission, Expanded
➣To support education for the young and young at heart by providing access to the Internet in under-serviced schools
➣To support the teaching staff with instruction and the sharing of courseware and experiences.
➣To integrate the community around our schools so they too benefit from a school’s connection to the Internet.
➣To
promote distance education and on-line bridge building between
student communities that are involved with “A Tiny Shift In Connecting
Schools”
➣To form partnerships with local school boards and talent so that they build and own the network while we facilitate. | Our Goals
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Connect one school to the Internet. Then assist in ensuring the
people in the school and surrounding community have the knowledge,
expertise and ownership to use equipment and the Internet
effectively as long as the Internet exists.
➢Utilize
the experiences from the first school project to bring the Internet and
associated support to additional under-serviced schools and their
communities.
➢To have every school on the planet connected to the Internet.
Our Vision
➢ Improve our future through education with the positive use of computers, particularly, the Internet.
| Our Values
In all that we do, we pledge to:
➢Respect the planet and dignity of all, supporting their health, and well being.
➢Use renewable energy resources whenever possible
➢Form an appreciation for each other's cultures, values, ideas and ways of life!
➢Enhance initiative not take it away!
➢Be thrifty with our resources!
➢Have open, transparent and accountable reporting of all our activities
➢Remain an 100% volunteer organization
➢Accept financial donations only from individuals.
➢Be positive in word, deed and thought!
| Our Philosophy
➣”There
is only me AND us; US and Me! You cannot have one without the
other. We each leave our imprint and we are each an equally
important member of the universal mosaic.” Marianne, “A Tiny Shift In
Connecting Schools”
➣”If
you have come to help me you can go home again! But, if you see
my struggle as part of your own survival, then perhaps we can work
together.” Australian Aboriginal Lady
➣”We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.” Kenyan
➣”People who share seldom go hungry.” Haitian
➣ “We are people because of other people.” South African
➣”A tree does not move unless there is wind.” Afghan
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