[DCAD] Remerciement--IGF Session

Sat Aug 24 02:52:35 PDT 2024

TEAM UMOJA YOUTH ASSOCIATION (TUYA)

24/08/2024

Dear esteemed Donors, Funders, and Charitable Organizations,

We are reaching out to you with a heartfelt appeal for financial support to
benefit 300 orphans in hard-to-reach areas of the western region of Uganda
for their third term 2024 starting on 16/09/2024. Our organization, Team
Umoja Youth Association (TUYA), is dedicated to providing educational
opportunities to vulnerable children.

We aim to provide scholastic materials, including:

- Books ($800)
- Pens, pencils, and stationery ($500)
- Backpacks and lunch boxes ($500)
- Uniforms and shoes ($1500)
- Educational resources and activities ($1100)

Total Budget: $4400

Your contribution will directly impact the lives of these orphans, enabling
them to access quality education and break the cycle of poverty.

Benefits of your support:

- Improved academic performance
- Enhanced self-esteem and confidence
- Increased access to education and opportunities
- Empowerment of vulnerable children

We kindly request your financial support to help us reach our goal. Any
contribution, big or small, will make a significant difference.

Please send your donation to:

MASEREKA JOVA

Bank Account No. 3203306902

Thank you for considering our appeal. Together, we can transform the lives
of these orphans and create a brighter future.

Sincerely,

JOVA MASEREKA
PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
TEAM UMOJA YOUTH ASSOCIATION (TUYA)
+256708998859(WhatsApp)
+256789715570(Mobilie money account)
jovamasereka at gmail.com

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024, 20:29 Judith Hellerstein via DCAD <
dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:

> HI All,
>
> Thanks for all these great comments. It is great to hear from many of you.
> So glad we have many new members.  w
>
> We will work to factor some of them into our Joint DCAD-OER Session.  As
> many of you know, The IGF Secretariat reached out to all DC session
> proposers asking us to collaborate with other DCs on joint session
> proposals, considering the limited number of slots on the IGF programme
> this year.  As the IGF Secretariat and MAG are responding to the
> community's request to have less overlapping sessions and not to end so
> late this year, the result is fewer sessions overall, which means that DCs
> also need to have fewer sessions. As there are a number of new Dynamic
> Coalitions, it means that all DCs must partner with another DC to have a
> session on the IGF Program. This year, we will be collaborating with the DC
> on Open Educational Content.  We are still working on the revised version
> of our session, but when it is finished we will share it with the community.
>
> In addition to this session, we also plan on applying for one of the
> hybrid bilateral rooms for our annual meeting and will share this
> information with you.  These rooms are allowed to be booked by DCs to host
> an annual meeting, but will not be listed on the IGF Program.
>
> We will also be sharing in the next few weeks a new revision of the
> Accessibility Guidelines the small team at DCAD volunteers has been working
> on.  It will take in many of these suggestions. We look forward to your
> engagement on these and other projects. Hope all have a great weekend.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Judith Hellerstein
>
> DCAD Co-Coordinator
>
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> On 8/9/24 12:14 PM, Lidia Best via DCAD wrote:
>
> Hi Deidre.
>
> Thanks for your comment.
>
> I am not surprised to see this particular workshop popularity here.
> From hard of hearing side, we are very concerned about link between
> disability,use of assistive technology and use of data.
>
> Not everyone maybe aware but hearing aids and cochlear implant processors
> do collect data using the devices themselves and the apps that we have to
> use in order of getting access to some functionality.
>
> Users are not even told about it and nothing is explained about collecting
> data.
> Is this ethical?
> This is just one aspect.
>
> Lidia
>
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, 16:57 Deirdre Williams, <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear DCAD, June and Lidia,
>> Good day to all.
>> In May 2023 DCAD published a revised Governance document and Code of
>> Conduct.
>> There is no stipulation that I can find about which language should be
>> used, although I agree with Lidia that it may simplify things for all of us
>> to arrange to use English as a common language for communication on the
>> list. In the Code of Conduct there is emphasis on respect, tolerance and
>> fairness. Since I have spent the last 16 years (the first IGF I attended
>> was Hyderabad in 2008) in an "IGF" context, and the 16 before that in a
>> regional (Latin America and the Caribbean) context working on issues of
>> multilingualism and accessibility, this issue of languages is very
>> important to me. If you think about it it's very important to all of us
>> since if it's not managed properly it may deprive us of our rights to
>> speak, and to be heard.
>> There is also another issue here. We're missing a great opportunity.
>> Over the last 5 years or so the DCAD list has come alive once a year to
>> deal with Fellowships for the IGF. Then it goes silent until next year.
>> This year plenty of DCAD members have expressed an interest in a proposed
>> workshop on Disability and Data Protection. We won't all go to Riyadh, we
>> won't all even manage to participate virtually, but everyone who responded
>> is "here" on the DCAD list.
>> So why is this workshop so interesting? Do you have fears or challenges
>> about data protection? Do you have good ideas for improving data
>> protection? If we choose we can share our knowledge and ideas now, on the
>> DCAD list, help each other and possibly provide a useful resource for this
>> interesting workshop.
>> Let's use this opportunity for something good
>> De
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 at 16:27, juneparris5--- via DCAD <
>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Lidia
>>>
>>> Thank you for your support.
>>>
>>> June Parris
>>>
>>> On 7 Aug 2024 09:56, Lidia Best via DCAD <dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Deirdre.  English is a working language at this level and for this
>>> reason we all use it.
>>> You would struggle even more if I wrote in Polish :-)
>>>
>>> Let's use common ground, which is English.
>>>
>>> Lidia
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, 14:51 Deirdre Williams via DCAD, <
>>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> The United Nations has six official languages - Arabic, Chinese,
>>> English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
>>> DCAD habitually uses English on the list, but I am not aware that this
>>> has ever been stipulated as a "rule".
>>> Since we are interested in working together to improve accessibility,
>>> especially in a context of disability, isn't it desirable that we should
>>> try to be as flexible as possible in terms of language used for
>>> communication?
>>> Deirdre
>>> PS I'm glad that Joseph has English as well as French, but other people
>>> may not have that facility
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 at 07:26, June Parris via DCAD <
>>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Hope you are all well. I want to remind the group that the official
>>> language of the United Nations is English.
>>>
>>> Usually we address everyone using the same format. Since it is a group
>>> email, when someone is addressed as Doctor we don’t know who they are
>>> referring to, we really need to have a meeting ASAP to discuss the UN
>>> protocols.
>>>
>>> June Parris
>>>
>>> Research Associate
>>>
>>>
>>> > On 7 Aug 2024, at 05:26, Joseph Moussa via DCAD <
>>> dcad at lists.igf-dcad.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > 
>>> >
>>> > Bonjour à tous,
>>> >
>>> > Je suis très heureux de faire partie de la famille BCAD en tant que
>>> nouveau membre. En tant que personne handicapée visuelle résidant au Bénin,
>>> directeur général du groupe TIC pour tous SARL et membre affilié au Forum
>>> des jeunes pour la gouvernance de l'Internet au Bénin, je suis profondément
>>> engagé dans la promotion de l'inclusion numérique pour les personnes en
>>> situation de handicap.
>>> >
>>> > Mon adhésion à BCAD me permettra d'approfondir mes connaissances sur
>>> les technologies numériques et de mieux servir ma communauté. Je suis
>>> impatient de collaborer avec les autres membres et d'apprendre de leurs
>>> expériences afin de développer des solutions innovantes pour
>>> l'accessibilité numérique.
>>> >
>>> > Ensemble, nous pouvons construire un monde plus inclusif où chacun a
>>> l'opportunité de s'épanouir grâce au numérique. Je remercie BCAD de m'avoir
>>> accueilli au sein de cette merveilleuse famille et je suis ravi de
>>> contribuer à ses efforts pour l'autonomisation des personnes en situation
>>> de handicap.
>>> >
>>> > Que Dieu bénisse BCAD et tous ses membres !
>>> >
>>> > Cordialement,
>>> > Joseph Moussa
>>> > Directeur général, Groupe TIC pour tous SARL
>>> > Membre affilié, Forum des jeunes pour la gouvernance de l'Internet au
>>> Bénin
>>> > Bénin
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