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the road map of eVillage

• Nandasiri Wanninayaka
• CEO Horizon Lanka Foundation
• Mahavilachchiya wanni_at_horizonlanka.org

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Why Mahavilachchiya?

• 10 Years of Experiences
• Easy to Replicate
• World Famous Name
• English Knowledge
• ICT Knowledge Infrastructure

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Mahavilachchiya - Then

• Humble Beginning at a Public School
• Shifting to an Informal Class Under a Tree
• 10 Students Manageable Student Population
• Parents Contribution to its Maximum
• Smalltime Individual Donors Well-wishers
• Potential to Succeed

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Mahavilachchiya - Now

• Worldwide Publicity
• Professionalism
• Unlimited Expertise
• Big-time Donor Base
• Private Sector Attention
• Government Attention
• International Recognition

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Replication

• Ministry of Education Initiative
• Private Sector - Corporate Social
  Responsibility
• Charity Groups
• ICT Entities
• NGOs INGOs
• Government

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Technology

• Leased Lines
• Broadband
• WiFi
• Mesh
• WiMax
• VSAT

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Infrastructure

• Better Road Access
• Health Facilities
• Educational Facilities
• Communication Facilities

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Human Resources

• Experts in Diaspora
• University Undergraduates
• Local Volunteers Linux
• Foreign Volunteers VESL, GVI

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Partners

• Gama Neguma
• Gemidiriya
• Nenasala
• Sarvodaya
• Etc.

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Stakeholders

• Telecommunication Companies
• Internet Service Providers
• Satellite TV Providers
• Networking Companies
• Hardware Vendors
• Software Vendors

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Postwar Villages

• Lack of Opportunities for war zone communities
• My experiences in Trincomalee and Wavunia
• ICT English as shortcuts for development
• Ethnic harmony through ICT English
• ICT usage in postwar and Eastern European,
• African countries

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Benefits

• English ICT Education
• Global publicity to the respective villages
• Infrastructure Developments
• Job Opportunities / Business Process Outsourcing
• Entrepreneurship development
• Improvement of life standards

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Integrating eVillage into Mahinda Chinthanaya

• Awakening Villages
• Strengthening Villages
• Marketing Village Talents
• Preparing Villages to Globalization

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Management Entity of eVillage
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• Need of an Independent Governing Body
• Government
• Semi Government
• Government Owned Company
• Government Private Sector NGO Consortium

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Thank You
Nandasiri Wanninayaka CEO, Horizon Lanka
Foundation Mahavilachchiya www.wanni.info
wanni_at_wanni.info 077-7702678