I' ve traversed this path - Courage to traverse the threshold

Two sets of wars in Sierra Leone have left our generation of young people in utter pain, suffering, fear and often despair. The civil war that raged from 1991 to 2002 and now the Ebola onslaught have torn apart families and deeply affected children and youth. Sierra Leone, like its neighbors, struggled hard to recover from the bloodshed and violence of its civil war, which left more than 50,000 people dead. When the civil war ended, many youth were left homeless and aimless. The government, NGOs, religious bodies, and many individual actors helped the young war survivors throughout post-civil war years. These institutions and individuals sought resources everywhere to provide survivors with the psycho-social care and support that was crucial to reintegration. In recent years, it seemed like things were settling down for the generation of young people, but alas, another abominable war broke out - the silent war of Ebola, which is sending an even louder message in the media, far louder ...

Building Peace not War through Technology MIT Media Lab, Boston. 2014 April 9, 2014 at 3:15am Technology can be used for building Peace not War. Whilst some folks may be wracking their brains to produce technology that is tantamount to accelerating conflict or causing blatant mayhem, a small but very influential organization 'Build Peace' has just done the reverse. They have proven that technology can be used for the greater good and to promote peaceful coexistence or mitigate conflict. They 've just hosted the 'Build Peace, through technology conference and have figured out a spot to host this as no less a spot as the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They have n't tried to do it alone as they found out it is too challenging and complex a thing to do all by themselves. Thanks to this conviction I became part of a carefully well chosen small group of experts who were flown over to the MIT to share, think, learn, innovate a...

Digital Hope   Greene (left)  ( Jeanne Sauve 04 ),  ITU Fellow 11 , Provides technology equipment for war amputee victims for the pilot phase of the B-Gifted Foundation ( Digital Hope) project supported by UN ITU in 2011 . The project continues to use telecommunication technology to give voices to amputees who faced challenges in being assimilated in an ever-growing  telecom world. Greene envisioned that these technologies can bridge the digital and economic divide and amplify the voices of those who will not otherwise be heard. B-Gifted Founder demonstrates the use of new technologies to the war victims and shows the enormous power that technology will have in the lives of amputee victims of war, noting that these new technologies will weave a great deal of humanitarian concerns to their plight'. The beneficiaries themselves are on all fours helping to build their new ICT centre and being very happy to contribute their time and efforts in the ...

ITU Telecom World 2012 Five days of debate in Dubai, from 14 - 18 October, will explore the radical transformation of the ICT industry and the implications for policy, regulation and competitive strategy. This transformation is driven by game changers, the trends and technologies revolutionizing the industry and the world we live in.The Young Innovators Competition at ITU Telecom World 2012 offers social entrepreneurs aged 18-25 years old the opportunity to shine a global ICT spotlight on their innovative ideas and digital creativity. Nearly 400 young entrepreneurs from 77 countries around the world submitted innovative ICT-based early concepts or mature projects - demonstrating how fresh thinking and talent for technology can provide real-world solutions to real-world problems and change the future for the better. Conversation that matters Greene has a very long history of leadership and innovation in ICT that gives hope and promise to thousands of young people in...

ITU Telecom World 2012 Conversation that matters Greene has a long history of leadership and innovation in Information Communication Technology (ICT) that gives hope and promise to thousands of young people in post-conflict Sierra Leone. His dedication to promoting peace and human rights via ICT and the creative use of technology has won him a number of prestigious International Awards. Andrew's initiatives won 2nd place at the Cable and Wireless, ChildNet Awards at the Science Museum in London in April 2003, and he and other young leaders represented Sierra Leone at the UN 1st World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in December 2003. He was on the shortlist of Stanford University, California, Reuters Digital Visions Fellows 2004, and a Jeanne Sauve Scholar at McGill University Canada. (Read More) . In 2011, Greene won the prestigious United Nations ITU Telecom World Digital Innovation Fellowship at the inaugural open Innovation competition with his u...

This is my second call at the WISE (World Innovation Summit on Education), an initiative of the Qatar Foundation. Every year, I have observed, WISE becomes better and better than the previous year, and creates the platform that opens dialogue amongst those who value and hold premium Innovative Education. At the WISE Summit, this Fall, I listened attentively to the debates and discussions and I heard of how teachers and educators face social and financial levels that are low in the Arab World. This pricked my mind instantaneously. My mind nudged me back to my country, Sierra Leone which still realizes ridiculously low salaries for teachers and lecturers with painfully lower and sometimes irregularly served. These short comings of social and financial status of teachers seem to go across the board and experienced by many countries; even to those countries we deem more affluent. This is indeed a short coming that needs to be addressed and assuaged if we are bent on talking ...

  Home Featured Sierra Leone Wins 1st Place at ITU Telecom World International Open Contest Sierra Leone Wins 1st Place at ITU Telecom World International Open Contest Featured  /  National  /  Uncategorized  1st November 2011 Tamba Lamin   0 Sierra Leone Wins 1st Place at ITU Tele                                              com World International Open Contest We are proud of one of the sons of our soil Andrew Benson Greene Jr for clinching the 2011 International Digital Innovative Contest. Digital Hope Project   The Digital Hope initiative of the B-Gifted Foundation of Sierra Leone has been selected and recognized as one of the best Digital Ideas and Digital Talent at ITU Telecom World 2011. ‎30 under-25-year-olds + 15 Not-for-profits, and their talented digital staff were invited to ITU Telecom World 11 to deve...